# Kurgaon Village, Tilhar, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tilhar, Shahjahanpur 

# Kurgaon

Kurgaon is a village in Tilhar sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,299 people in 243 households**, the 165th largest of 567 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 1,299people (2011)
- 243households
- 27.1%literacy
- 809females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kurgaon

Of every 100 households in Kurgaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kurgaon · ■ Tilhar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

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

**29%

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

**70%

Tap water ****3%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****59%**

**71%

Television ****12%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**19%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kurgaon?

■ Kurgaon · ■ Tilhar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.1%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****809**

**859

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****863**

**908

Working population ****14.0%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 29.6% for men and 24.0% for women. 24% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (69%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (5%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 34 (19%)

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

- Lohar Gawan1,356 people
- Gogepur1,327 people
- Janyuri1,314 people
- Diuria1,305 people
- Samdhana1,294 people
- Kataiya Usmanpur1,277 people
- Virsinghpur1,270 people
- Awa1,264 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kurgaon?1,299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kurgaon in?Shahjahanpur district (Tilhar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kurgaon?27.1% (Census 2011)