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Tighara Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Tighara is a small village located in Khajni Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 20 families residing. The Tighara village has population of 155 of which 82 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tighara village population of children with age 0-6 is 9 which makes up 5.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tighara village is 890 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Tighara as per census is 3500, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Tighara village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Tighara village was 80.14 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Tighara Male literacy stands at 88.75 % while female literacy rate was 69.70 %.

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

Tighara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 20 - -
Population 155 82 73
Child (0-6) 9 2 7
Schedule Caste 39 19 20
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.14 % 88.75 % 69.70 %
Total Workers 52 44 8
Main Worker 16 - -
Marginal Worker 36 31 5

Caste Factor

Tighara village of Gorakhpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.16 % of total population in Tighara village. The village Tighara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Tighara village out of total population, 52 were engaged in work activities. 30.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 69.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 52 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.