# Gurghiya Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Gurghiya

Gurghiya is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,391 people in 267 households**, the 134th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,391people (2011)
- 267households
- 57.1%literacy
- 852females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurghiya

Of every 100 households in Gurghiya in 2011, 13 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gurghiya · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**10%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****80%**

**77%

Television ****22%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Gurghiya?

■ Gurghiya · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**63.1%

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

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1010**

**916

Working population ****33.0%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 49.0% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 99 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (36%) · **■** Other work 21 (5%) · **■** Marginal 175 (38%)

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

- Lalpur Azadpur1,409 people
- Khiriya Rasulpur1,403 people
- Nagaria Buzurg1,400 people
- Kanpara1,395 people
- Muria Chhawan1,391 people
- Dabhaura Sewa1,382 people
- Sahora1,371 people
- Gangayi1,358 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurghiya?1,391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurghiya in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurghiya?57.1% (Census 2011)