# Gaura Village, Mahmudabad, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mahmudabad, Sitapur 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Mahmudabad sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,260 people in 523 households**, the 33rd largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 3,260people (2011)
- 523households
- 53.7%literacy
- 853females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 9 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**90%

Tap water ****44%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****61%**

**80%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**14%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gaura?

■ Gaura · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****853**

**881

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**943

Working population ****37.3%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.9% for men and 44.1% for women. 47% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 454 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (23%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (3%) · **■** Marginal 434 (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 Mahmudabad

- Deshilaukiya3,392 people
- Angethua3,365 people
- Dhakhwa3,285 people
- Panchdeora Chaube3,273 people
- Launa3,164 people
- Keora3,068 people
- Surjanpur3,013 people
- Dhamaura3,000 people

[All 346 villages in Mahmudabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/mahmudabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?3,260 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Sitapur district (Mahmudabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?53.7% (Census 2011)