# Sahora Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Sahora

Sahora is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,371 people in 214 households**, the 137th largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,371people (2011)
- 214households
- 54.6%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sahora

Of every 100 households in Sahora in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sahora · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**13%

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

**30%

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

**69%

Tap water ****55%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**10%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****86%**

**77%

Television ****12%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Sahora?

■ Sahora · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.6%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**916

Working population ****26.3%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 44.2% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 269 (75%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (12%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 34 (9%)

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

- Kanpara1,395 people
- Gurghiya1,391 people
- Muria Chhawan1,391 people
- Dabhaura Sewa1,382 people
- Gangayi1,358 people
- Panwari1,350 people
- Bikrampur1,349 people
- Ghanshyampur Khurd1,338 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sahora?1,371 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sahora in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sahora?54.6% (Census 2011)