# Bahorakha Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Bahorakha

Bahorakha is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,775 people in 293 households**, the 76th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,775people (2011)
- 293households
- 72.6%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bahorakha

Of every 100 households in Bahorakha in 2011, 14 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bahorakha · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**86%

Tap water ****52%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****91%**

**83%

Television ****16%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bahorakha?

■ Bahorakha · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****786**

**933

Working population ****49.3%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 59.8% for women. 52% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (3%) · **■** Household industry 61 (7%) · **■** Other work 132 (15%) · **■** Marginal 515 (59%)

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 Gauriganj

- Adilpur1,817 people
- Basaikpur1,787 people
- Ulra1,780 people
- Janapur1,778 people
- Misrauli1,738 people
- Biripur1,725 people
- Nohre Pur1,718 people
- Paras Rampur1,694 people

[All 259 villages in Gauriganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/gauriganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bahorakha?1,775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bahorakha in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bahorakha?72.6% (Census 2011)