# Gahira Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Gahira

Gahira is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,618 people in 301 households**, the 100th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,618people (2011)
- 301households
- 48.9%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gahira

Of every 100 households in Gahira in 2011, 2 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gahira · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**69%

Tap water ****38%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****86%**

**77%

Television ****5%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gahira?

■ Gahira · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.9%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**916

Working population ****26.0%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.6% for men and 36.0% for women. 48% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 121 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 247 (59%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (9%) · **■** Marginal 9 (2%)

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 Powayan

- Pipariya Bhagwant1,648 people
- Jamunia Khanpur1,635 people
- Gudhani1,629 people
- Miyanpur J. Bilandpur1,625 people
- Singhapur Kursanda1,612 people
- Bela1,604 people
- Udra Tikri1,596 people
- Mahuwa Pimairi1,594 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gahira?1,618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gahira in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gahira?48.9% (Census 2011)