# Tighra Village, Ghanghata, Sant Kabir Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghanghata, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Tighra

Tighra is a village in Ghanghata sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **967 people in 146 households**, the 178th largest of 534 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.3%.

- 967people (2011)
- 146households
- 68.6%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tighra

Of every 100 households in Tighra in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tighra · ■ Ghanghata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****73%**

**85%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Tighra?

■ Tighra · ■ Ghanghata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.6%**

**67.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**930

Working population ****34.4%**

**30.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.9% for men and 55.8% for women. 42% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (29%) · **■** Household industry 27 (8%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 122 (37%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ghanghata

- Bhagautipur980 people
- Matauli975 people
- Nakhi Naguhi974 people
- Itaua972 people
- Maheshpur966 people
- Gaura965 people
- Parsa Urf Fidaio961 people
- Tenuhari958 people

[All 579 villages in Ghanghata](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/ghanghata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tighra?967 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tighra in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Ghanghata sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tighra?68.6% (Census 2011)