# Sarwa Village, Rasra, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Rasra, Ballia 

# Sarwa

Sarwa is a village in Rasra sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,535 people in 781 households**, the 12th largest of 346 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 5,535people (2011)
- 781households
- 68.7%literacy
- 883females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarwa

Of every 100 households in Sarwa in 2011, 16 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sarwa · ■ Rasra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**82%

Tap water ****21%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**93%

Use banking services ****92%**

**80%

Television ****20%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**10%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sarwa?

■ Sarwa · ■ Rasra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****883**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**898

Working population ****35.8%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 57.4% for women. 45% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 311 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (4%) · **■** Household industry 91 (5%) · **■** Other work 641 (32%) · **■** Marginal 865 (44%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Rasra

- Jam6,168 people
- Chitouni6,073 people
- Nagpura5,797 people
- Nagpur5,711 people
- Siswar Kala5,503 people
- Naron5,411 people
- Dehri5,402 people
- Sikriya Kala5,194 people

[All 400 villages in Rasra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/rasra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarwa?5,535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarwa in?Ballia district (Rasra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sarwa?68.7% (Census 2011)