# Gorakala Village, Hasanganj, Unnao (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Hasanganj, Unnao 

# Gorakala

Gorakala is a village in Hasanganj sub-district of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,558 people in 317 households**, the 126th largest of 485 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,558people (2011)
- 317households
- 44.5%literacy
- 844females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorakala

Of every 100 households in Gorakala in 2011, 16 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gorakala · ■ Hasanganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**36%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****63%**

**72%

Television ****27%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Gorakala?

■ Gorakala · ■ Hasanganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.5%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****844**

**897

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****748**

**931

Working population ****42.4%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.1% for men and 37.9% for women. 68% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 131 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 73 (11%) · **■** Marginal 448 (68%)

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 Hasanganj

- Khapra Muslim1,573 people
- Ahmadpur Wade1,572 people
- Kushehri1,569 people
- Kabroee1,560 people
- Aldao1,554 people
- Nimadpur1,551 people
- Marwi Naimpur1,545 people
- Asiwantraph Nai Basti1,532 people

[All 514 villages in Hasanganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/unnao/hasanganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorakala?1,558 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorakala in?Unnao district (Hasanganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gorakala?44.5% (Census 2011)