# Behta Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Behta

Behta is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,557 people in 285 households**, the 90th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,557people (2011)
- 285households
- 76.6%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Behta

Of every 100 households in Behta in 2011, 24 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Behta · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**86%

Tap water ****21%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****100%**

**83%

Television ****24%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Behta?

■ Behta · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**933

Working population ****32.2%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 69.8% for women. 46% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 100 (20%) · **■** Marginal 320 (64%)

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

- Bakshgarh1,628 people
- Ghosiyan1,564 people
- Garha Mafi1,563 people
- Ajabgarh1,561 people
- Paniyar1,542 people
- Rauja1,538 people
- Suratgarh1,529 people
- Rampurchaudhari1,503 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Behta?1,557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Behta in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Behta?76.6% (Census 2011)