# Paiga Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Paiga

Paiga is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,053 people in 225 households**, the 157th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,053people (2011)
- 225households
- 61.6%literacy
- 1,085females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Paiga

Of every 100 households in Paiga in 2011, 75 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Paiga · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****75%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**86%

Tap water ****76%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**36%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****96%**

**83%

Television ****20%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

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

**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 Paiga?

■ Paiga · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1085**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****916**

**933

Working population ****53.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 48.5% for women. 50% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (8%) · **■** Marginal 481 (85%)

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

- Khajuri1,066 people
- Tejgarh1,062 people
- Sirkhiri1,058 people
- Kharanwan1,056 people
- Shahpur Resi1,044 people
- Jethumawai1,037 people
- Gundur1,020 people
- Jethauna1,018 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Paiga?1,053 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Paiga in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Paiga?61.6% (Census 2011)