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Gahira Population - Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh

Gahira is a medium size village located in Mirzapur Tehsil of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 249 families residing. The Gahira village has population of 1559 of which 803 are males while 756 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gahira village population of children with age 0-6 is 325 which makes up 20.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gahira village is 941 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Gahira as per census is 970, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Gahira village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gahira village was 61.59 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Gahira Male literacy stands at 77.27 % while female literacy rate was 44.80 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gahira 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 Gahira village.

Gahira Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,559 803 756
Child (0-6) 325 165 160
Schedule Caste 716 352 364
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.59 % 77.27 % 44.80 %
Total Workers 633 393 240
Main Worker 233 - -
Marginal Worker 400 232 168

Caste Factor

In Gahira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.93 % of total population in Gahira village. The village Gahira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gahira village out of total population, 633 were engaged in work activities. 36.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 633 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.