Gosainganj is a town and a nagar panchayat

Nagar Panchayat

A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....

 in Lucknow district

Lucknow District

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 in the India

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 of Uttar Pradesh

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Geography

Gosainganj is located at 26.77°N 81.12°E. It has an average elevation of 113 metres (374 feet).

Demographics

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Census

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, Gosainganj had a population of 8969. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gosainganj has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55%, and female literacy is 47%. In Gosainganj, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.