# Uchgoan Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Uchgoan

Uchgoan is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,402 people in 631 households**, the 68th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 4,402people (2011)
- 631households
- 66.4%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchgoan

Of every 100 households in Uchgoan in 2011, 22 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Uchgoan · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**28%

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

**13%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****86%**

**75%

Television ****31%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**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 Uchgoan?

■ Uchgoan · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****823**

**883

Working population ****35.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 53.9% for women. 52% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 419 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (5%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 677 (43%) · **■** Marginal 395 (25%)

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

- Ramchandipur4,480 people
- Ramdat Pur4,478 people
- Naipur Kala4,418 people
- Khajuri4,410 people
- Jansa4,337 people
- Rauna Khurd4,322 people
- Ateshua4,301 people
- Jagdeeshpur4,189 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchgoan?4,402 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchgoan in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Uchgoan?66.4% (Census 2011)