# Gorakhpur Village, Kotdwara, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kotdwara, Garhwal 

# Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur is a village in Kotdwara sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **442 people in 104 households**, the 54th largest of 301 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 442people (2011)
- 104households
- 89.7%literacy
- 1,095females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gorakhpur

Of every 100 households in Gorakhpur in 2011, 99 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 69 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 32 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gorakhpur · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**29%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****69%**

**60%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****17%**

**39%

Use banking services ****91%**

**85%

Television ****82%**

**73%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****32%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

None of these assets ****6%**

**12%

Own their home ****93%**

**80%

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 Gorakhpur?

■ Gorakhpur · ■ Kotdwara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1095**

**1048

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**873

Working population ****19.5%**

**30.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 83.3% for women. 28% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (47%) · **■** Marginal 6 (7%)

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 Kotdwara

- Maganpur490 people
- Ramdayalpur490 people
- Trilokpur447 people
- Utrichha447 people
- Jayadevpur442 people
- Jeetpur441 people
- Manpur438 people
- Jiwanandpur428 people

[All 315 villages in Kotdwara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/kotdwara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gorakhpur?442 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gorakhpur in?Garhwal district (Kotdwara sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Gorakhpur?89.7% (Census 2011)