# Gangsara Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Gangsara

Gangsara is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,231 people in 546 households**, the 15th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 3,231people (2011)
- 546households
- 55.3%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangsara

Of every 100 households in Gangsara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gangsara · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**69%

Tap water ****8%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****53%**

**77%

Television ****19%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gangsara?

■ Gangsara · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1112**

**916

Working population ****27.6%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 44.2% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (32%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (9%) · **■** Marginal 325 (36%)

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

- Navadia Nawazpur3,749 people
- Tah Khurd Kalan3,625 people
- Rai Tanda3,515 people
- Katia Bujurg3,465 people
- Pakadia Hakim3,094 people
- Rarua3,081 people
- Karnapur J. Bitauni2,943 people
- Dhansinghpur2,934 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangsara?3,231 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangsara in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gangsara?55.3% (Census 2011)