# Bakshgarh Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Bakshgarh

Bakshgarh is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,628 people in 275 households**, the 86th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,628people (2011)
- 275households
- 64.0%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bakshgarh

Of every 100 households in Bakshgarh in 2011, 24 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bakshgarh · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**36%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****10%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bakshgarh?

■ Bakshgarh · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**933

Working population ****35.2%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 55.8% for women. 47% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 243 (42%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (2%) · **■** Marginal 313 (55%)

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

- Pure Chitai1,689 people
- Chandauki1,688 people
- Barehti1,685 people
- Pure Fajil1,685 people
- Ghosiyan1,564 people
- Garha Mafi1,563 people
- Ajabgarh1,561 people
- Behta1,557 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bakshgarh?1,628 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakshgarh in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bakshgarh?64.0% (Census 2011)