# Giriya Village, Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar 

# Giriya

Giriya is a village in Aurai sub-district of Sant Ravidas Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **787 people in 105 households**, the 169th largest of 320 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 787people (2011)
- 105households
- 86.2%literacy
- 852females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Giriya

Of every 100 households in Giriya in 2011, 3 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Giriya · ■ Aurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**84%

Tap water ****8%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**25%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****97%**

**76%

Television ****69%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Giriya?

■ Giriya · ■ Aurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.2%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****852**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****754**

**904

Working population ****30.2%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.9% for men and 74.9% for women. 37% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 97 (41%) · **■** Household industry 25 (11%) · **■** Other work 43 (18%) · **■** Marginal 73 (31%)

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 Aurai

- Chintamanpur817 people
- Chawar N. Khamaria816 people
- Ugrasenpur808 people
- Misirpur804 people
- Heera Chak781 people
- Chak Rajaram775 people
- Aharpur766 people
- Titrahi764 people

[All 358 villages in Aurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-ravidas-nagar/aurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Giriya?787 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Giriya in?Sant Ravidas Nagar district (Aurai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Giriya?86.2% (Census 2011)