# Gorkha Pur Village, Amethi, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Amethi, Sultanpur 

# Gorkha Pur

Gorkha Pur is a village in Amethi sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,947 people in 525 households**, the 31st largest of 290 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.6%.

- 2,947people (2011)
- 525households
- 74.0%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorkha Pur

Of every 100 households in Gorkha Pur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 42 a two-wheeler and 15 a car.

■ Gorkha Pur · ■ Amethi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**86%

Tap water ****30%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**91%

Use banking services ****87%**

**81%

Television ****50%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****42%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****15%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**5%

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 Gorkha Pur?

■ Gorkha Pur · ■ Amethi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**71.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**1003

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****839**

**912

Working population ****32.9%**

**35.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.5% for men and 61.4% for women. 45% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 238 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 265 (27%) · **■** Household industry 111 (11%) · **■** Other work 130 (13%) · **■** Marginal 226 (23%)

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 Amethi

- Gareri3,146 people
- Uttargaon3,105 people
- Kakwa3,044 people
- Bhretha3,032 people
- Bhadar2,896 people
- Nuwanwa2,861 people
- Guduri2,858 people
- Agresar2,831 people

[All 292 villages in Amethi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/amethi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorkha Pur?2,947 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorkha Pur in?Sultanpur district (Amethi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorkha Pur?74.0% (Census 2011)