# Gaura Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Gaura

Gaura is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,349 people in 700 households**, the 11th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 4,349people (2011)
- 700households
- 67.9%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaura

Of every 100 households in Gaura in 2011, 17 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gaura · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**12%

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

**86%

Tap water ****21%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**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 Gaura?

■ Gaura · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**933

Working population ****45.7%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 58.2% for women. 55% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 600 (30%) · **■** Household industry 95 (5%) · **■** Other work 368 (19%) · **■** Marginal 767 (39%)

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

- Sukhi Baz Garh5,476 people
- Madho Pur4,717 people
- Guwawan4,716 people
- Resi4,554 people
- Samahai4,342 people
- Ghatampur4,190 people
- Saintha4,076 people
- Barauliya3,878 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaura?4,349 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaura in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaura?67.9% (Census 2011)