Gorakhpur is a district located in Uttar Pradesh state of India. There are total 19 blocks which comes under Gorakhpur district, and there are total 3256 villages and 6 towns which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Gorakhpur district is 188 and number of houses in this district is 561728.
Total population of this district is 3644669. Out of total 3644669, male population count is 1859799, where as female population count is 1784870 in Gorakhpur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 543026 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 543026 children 284043 are boys and 258983 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Gorakhpur district is 57%. 2111569 out of total 3644669 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 68% and 1265834 males are literate out of total 1859799 male population, where as female literacy rate is 52% and 845735 out of total 1784870 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Gorakhpur district is 42%. 1533100 out of total 3644669 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 31% and 593965 males are illiterate out of total 1859799 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 52% and 939135 out of total 1784870 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Gorakhpur district is 1110177 and non-working population is 2534492 and out of 1110177 working population 171093 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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