# Garkhara Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Garkhara

Garkhara is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,552 people in 881 households**, the 14th largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 5,552people (2011)
- 881households
- 72.3%literacy
- 1,076females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garkhara

Of every 100 households in Garkhara in 2011, 30 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Garkhara · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**79%

Tap water ****11%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****84%**

**82%

Television ****35%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

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

**7%

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 Garkhara?

■ Garkhara · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1076**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**899

Working population ****27.2%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 60.5% for women. 39% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 591 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (5%) · **■** Household industry 58 (4%) · **■** Other work 349 (23%) · **■** Marginal 433 (29%)

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 Pindra

- Pura Raghunathpur6,175 people
- Kharawan6,027 people
- Dandupur5,864 people
- Rajpur5,694 people
- Jagdishpur5,253 people
- Barhi Newada5,132 people
- Karkhiyaon4,817 people
- Barzi4,713 people

[All 431 villages in Pindra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garkhara?5,552 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garkhara in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Garkhara?72.3% (Census 2011)