# Gajapur Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Gajapur

Gajapur is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **724 people in 111 households**, the 583rd largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 724people (2011)
- 111households
- 65.6%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajapur

Of every 100 households in Gajapur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gajapur · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**85%

Use banking services ****100%**

**75%

Television ****46%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**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 Gajapur?

■ Gajapur · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1094**

**883

Working population ****27.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 50.5% for women. 47% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 141 (70%) · **■** Marginal 17 (8%)

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 Varanasi

- Jhanjhupur740 people
- Nimani737 people
- Looth Kala735 people
- Dandoopur728 people
- Maheshpur720 people
- Barwapur717 people
- Pogalpur708 people
- Chunarpur707 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajapur?724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajapur in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gajapur?65.6% (Census 2011)