Gorakhpur Census 2011

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Population of Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur district is located in Uttar Pradesh . Population of Gorakhpur district is 4436275 as per Census 2011. Gorakhpur is 10th most Populous district out of total 71 districts in Uttar Pradesh and it is 40th most Populous district in India.The population density of Gorakhpur is 1336 Persons per square Km.It is 7th most densely populated out of 71 districts in Uttar Pradesh and it is 46th most densely populated district out of total 640 districts in india.

Literacy rate of Gorakhpur

Total Literacy rate of Gorakhpur is 73.25%. This means 73.25 out of 100 persons of age more than 6 years are literate. It is ranked 25 in terms of literacy rate out of total 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh and 40 out of total 640 districts of India. Male Literacy of Gorakhpur is 84.38% while female literacy stands at 61.54%.
Note: Serchhip district(98.76%) in Mizoram has highest literacy rate and Alirajpur district(37.2%) of Madhya Pradesh has the lowest literacy rate in India.

Sex-Ratio of Gorakhpur

Sex-ratio of Gorakhpur is 944 female per thousand male.
Note : Highest Sex-ratio of india is of Puducherry (1176) while lowest being from Daman district (533).
Note:All the details are as of Census 2011.

Area of Gorakhpur

Area of Gorakhpur is 3320.57 Sq. Km. It is 36th largest district in Uttar Pradesh and 371th largest in India in terms of total area.
Note: Kutch district(45441 sq.km) of Gujarat is the largest and Mahe district(9 sq km) of Puducherry is the smallest district in India.

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