Gorakhpur is one of district of Uttar Pradesh in India. There are 7 Tehsils, 3,319 villages and 14 towns in Gorakhpur district.
As per the Census India 2011, Gorakhpur district has 692,960 households, population of 4,440,895 of which 2,277,777 are males and 2,163,118 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 628,442 which is 14.15% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Gorakhpur district is around
950 compared to
912 which is average of Uttar Pradesh state. The literacy rate of Gorakhpur district is 60.81% out of which 69.98% males are literate and 51.15% females are literate. The total area of Gorakhpur is 3,321 sq.km with population density of 1,337 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 81.17% of population lives in Urban area and 18.83% lives in Rural area. There are 21.08% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0.41% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Gorakhpur district.
Gorakhpur Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 4,440,895 | 100% |
| Hindu | 4,009,037 | 90.28% |
| Muslim | 403,847 | 9.09% |
| Religion not stated | 12,711 | 0.29% |
| Christian | 9,662 | 0.22% |
| Buddhist | 2,848 | 0.06% |
| Sikh | 2,123 | 0.05% |
| Jain | 460 | 0.01% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 207 | 0% |
Gorakhpur Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 215 | 3,106 |
| Number of households | 137,961 | 554,999 |
| Total Population | 836,129 | 3,604,766 |
| Population (%) | 52.51% | 48.99% |
| Male Population | 439,051 | 1,838,726 |
| Female Population | 397,078 | 1,766,040 |
| Sex Ratio | 904 | 960 |
| Literacy (%) | 73.4% | 57.89% |
List of Tehsils in Gorakhpur
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