Village · Purwa, Unnao
# Goshain Khera

Goshain Khera is a village in Purwa sub-district of Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,199 people in 260 households, the 111th largest of 258 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.
- 1,199 people (2011)
- 260 households
- 69.9% literacy
- 868 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Goshain Khera

Of every 100 households in Goshain Khera in 2011, 2 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Goshain Khera · ■ Purwa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 2% 9%
- Toilet within the home 6% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 94% 88%
- Tap water 0% 10%
- Drinking water within premises 12% 28%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 52% 68%
- Television 9% 14%
- Mobile phone 53% 49%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 12%
- Car / jeep / van 2% 2%
- None of these assets 8% 11%
- Own their home 99% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Goshain Khera?

■ Goshain Khera · ■ Purwa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 69.9% 64.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 868 921
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 844 924
- Working population 31.8% 39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 58.9% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 263 (69%) · ■ Farm labourers 53 (14%) · ■ Household industry 4 (1%) · ■ Other work 35 (9%) · ■ Marginal 26 (7%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purwa
- Maliha Garha 1,216 people
- Palhari 1,208 people
- Patola Dasi 1,205 people
- Dund Pur 1,203 people
- Sarson 1,197 people
- Surja Pur 1,195 people
- Chilauli 1,165 people
- Sikhaiya 1,157 people

All 270 villages in Purwa

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Goshain Khera? 1,199 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Goshain Khera in? Unnao district (Purwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Goshain Khera? 69.9% (Census 2011)

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