# Gurgawan Village, Tilhar, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tilhar, Shahjahanpur 

# Gurgawan

Gurgawan is a village in Tilhar sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,126 people in 382 households**, the 60th largest of 567 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 2,126people (2011)
- 382households
- 68.5%literacy
- 860females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurgawan

Of every 100 households in Gurgawan in 2011, 50 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Gurgawan · ■ Tilhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**33%

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

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**92%

Use banking services ****55%**

**71%

Television ****39%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

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

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Gurgawan?

■ Gurgawan · ■ Tilhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****860**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**908

Working population ****26.5%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.7% for men and 62.3% for women. 47% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 74 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (25%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 114 (20%) · **■** Marginal 230 (41%)

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 Tilhar

- Marena2,177 people
- Okhari2,137 people
- Hamzapur2,132 people
- Vikrampur2,129 people
- Gurgawn2,082 people
- Pipriya Udaibhanpur2,066 people
- Kajri Noorpur2,057 people
- Virasin2,043 people

[All 627 villages in Tilhar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/tilhar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurgawan?2,126 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurgawan in?Shahjahanpur district (Tilhar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurgawan?68.5% (Census 2011)