# Tikra Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Tikra

Tikra is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 208 households**, the 124th largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 208households
- 62.3%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Tikra

Of every 100 households in Tikra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Tikra · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**86%

Tap water ****61%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**36%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****93%**

**83%

Television ****11%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**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 Tikra?

■ Tikra · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.3%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**933

Working population ****25.9%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 53.0% for women. 46% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 15 (5%) · **■** Marginal 253 (79%)

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

- Heruwa1,274 people
- Rajapur Kauhar1,274 people
- Soraon1,258 people
- Naupur1,249 people
- Bhawanigarh1,227 people
- Babupur1,226 people
- Shahbaj Pur1,222 people
- Atrauli1,220 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Tikra?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tikra in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tikra?62.3% (Census 2011)