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Tekwar Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Tekwar is a medium size village located in Khajni Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 247 families residing. The Tekwar village has population of 1744 of which 927 are males while 817 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tekwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 225 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tekwar village is 881 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Tekwar as per census is 744, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Tekwar village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Tekwar village was 81.04 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Tekwar Male literacy stands at 89.60 % while female literacy rate was 71.57 %.

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

Tekwar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,744 927 817
Child (0-6) 225 129 96
Schedule Caste 298 168 130
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 81.04 % 89.60 % 71.57 %
Total Workers 398 343 55
Main Worker 194 - -
Marginal Worker 204 168 36

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Tekwar village.

Work Profile

In Tekwar village out of total population, 398 were engaged in work activities. 48.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 398 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.