Gorakhpur district
Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh had 44.41 lakh people (44,40,895) in the 2011 Census, the 40th most populous of India's 640 districts and 10th of 71 in Uttar Pradesh. 70.8% of people aged seven and over could read and write, against 73.0% nationally.
Population, 2011
44.41 lakh
40th of 640 in India, 10th of 71 in Uttar Pradesh
Literacy rate
70.8%
355th in India, 27th in Uttar Pradesh
Sex ratio
950
females per 1,000 males; India 943
Child sex ratio (0-6)
909
girls per 1,000 boys; India 918
Urban population
18.8%
8.36 lakh in towns and cities
Households
6.93 lakh
6.4 people per household
Gorakhpur against Uttar Pradesh and India
| Measure, 2011 | Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 44,40,895 | 19,98,12,341 | 1,21,08,54,977 |
| Literacy rate (age 7+) | 70.8% | 67.7% | 73.0% |
| Male literacy | 81.8% | 77.3% | 80.9% |
| Female literacy | 59.4% | 57.2% | 64.6% |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 950 | 912 | 943 |
| Child sex ratio (age 0-6) | 909 | 902 | 918 |
| Urban population | 18.8% | 22.3% | 31.1% |
| Scheduled Castes | 21.1% | 20.7% | 16.6% |
| Scheduled Tribes | 0.4% | 0.6% | 8.6% |
| Workers, share of population | 30.4% | 32.9% | 39.8% |
| Women who work, share of women | 15.5% | 16.8% | 25.5% |
| Children aged 0-6, share of population | 14.2% | 15.4% | 13.6% |
| Persons per household | 6.41 | 5.97 | 4.85 |
Literacy in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh and India
People aged 7 and over who can read and write, per cent, 2011
What workers do in Gorakhpur
Share of all workers (main and marginal), per cent, 2011
Other districts in Uttar Pradesh
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prayagraj (Allahabad) | 59,54,391 | 72.3% | 901 | 24.7% |
| 2 | Moradabad | 47,72,006 | 56.8% | 906 | 33.0% |
| 3 | Ghaziabad | 46,81,645 | 78.1% | 881 | 67.5% |
| 4 | Azamgarh | 46,13,913 | 70.9% | 1019 | 8.5% |
| 5 | Lucknow | 45,89,838 | 77.3% | 917 | 66.2% |
| 6 | Kanpur Nagar | 45,81,268 | 79.7% | 862 | 65.8% |
| 7 | Jaunpur | 44,94,204 | 71.5% | 1024 | 7.7% |
| 8 | Sitapur | 44,83,992 | 61.1% | 888 | 11.8% |
| 9 | Bareilly | 44,48,359 | 58.5% | 887 | 35.3% |
| 10 | Gorakhpur | 44,40,895 | 70.8% | 950 | 18.8% |
| 11 | Agra | 44,18,797 | 71.6% | 868 | 45.8% |
| 12 | Muzaffarnagar | 41,43,512 | 69.1% | 889 | 28.8% |
| 13 | Hardoi | 40,92,845 | 64.6% | 868 | 13.2% |
| 14 | Kheri | 40,21,243 | 60.6% | 894 | 11.5% |
| 15 | Sultanpur | 37,97,117 | 69.3% | 983 | 5.3% |
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Questions
What is the population of Gorakhpur district?
Gorakhpur district had 44,40,895 people in the 2011 Census (22,77,777 males and 21,63,118 females). It was the 40th most populous of India's 640 districts and 10th of 71 in Uttar Pradesh.
What is the literacy rate of Gorakhpur?
70.83% in 2011: 81.80% for men and 59.36% for women, counting people aged seven and over. The Uttar Pradesh rate was 67.68% and India's 72.98%.
What is the sex ratio of Gorakhpur?
950 females per 1,000 males in 2011, against 912 in Uttar Pradesh and 943 in India. Among children aged 0 to 6 it was 909 girls per 1,000 boys.
How urban is Gorakhpur?
18.8% of its people lived in towns and cities in 2011, less than the Uttar Pradesh share of 22.3%.
Is this the latest data?
Yes for district-level counts of population, literacy and workers: the 2011 Census is the latest completed census. Census 2027 will replace these figures. District boundaries are as they were in 2011.
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India in Data, "Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh: Census 2011 population, literacy and workers". https://indiaindata.online/districts/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur. Original source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India).
About these figures
All figures are from the 2011 Census, the most recent completed census of India, published in the Primary Census Abstract by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The next census, Census 2027, will replace them.
Districts are shown as they were in 2011. Many states have created new districts since, so a district today may be smaller than the one shown here. Districts are grouped under today's states and union territories: the ten 2011 districts now in Telangana are under Telangana, Leh and Kargil are under Ladakh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are shown together. Districts renamed since 2011 carry their current name, with the Census name in brackets.
Literacy rate is the share of people aged seven and over who can read and write with understanding. Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males; child sex ratio is the same for children aged 0 to 6. Workers include main workers (six months or more of work in the year) and marginal workers (less than six months).