Gaura, Kapurthala

For other uses, see Gaura.

Gaura
Village
Gaura Location in Punjab, India Gaura Gaura (India)
Coordinates: 31.411681°N 75.342675°E / 31.411681; 75.342675
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	475
	Sex ratio 239/236♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
• Other spoken	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144601
Telephone code	01822
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB-09
Website	kapurthala.gov.in

Gaura is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Gaura. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch, who is an elected representative.

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Gaura has a total number of 105 houses and population of 475 of which include 239 males and 236 females. Literacy rate of Gaura is 64.29%, lower than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 55 which is 11.58% of total population of Gaura, and child sex ratio is approximately 897, higher than state average of 846.

Population data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	105	-	-
Population	475	239	236
Child (0-6)	55	29	26
Schedule Caste	208	109	99
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	64.29 %	70.48 %	58.10 %
Total Workers	164	145	19
Main Worker	163	0	0
Marginal Worker	1	1	0

Air travel connectivity

The closest airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.

Villages in Kapurthala

Main article: List of villages in Kapurthala

External links

• Villages in Kapurthala
• Kapurthala Villages List