Gandhar Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Gandhar is a medium size village located in Rudhauli Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 123 families residing. The Gandhar village has population of 848 of which 442 are males while 406 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 16.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhar village is 919 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhar as per census is 1000, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Gandhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhar village was 65.96 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Gandhar Male literacy stands at 81.45 % while female literacy rate was 48.81 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gandhar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gandhar village.

Gandhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	848	442	406
Child (0-6)	140	70	70
Schedule Caste	401	220	181
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.96 %	81.45 %	48.81 %
Total Workers	252	217	35
Main Worker	81	-	-
Marginal Worker	171	162	9

Caste Factor

In Gandhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.29 % of total population in Gandhar village. The village Gandhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhar village out of total population, 252 were engaged in work activities. 32.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 252 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.