# Saraiya Village, Sohawal, Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sohawal, Faizabad 

# Saraiya

Saraiya is a village in Sohawal sub-district of Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,762 people in 275 households**, the 80th largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,762people (2011)
- 275households
- 62.1%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saraiya

Of every 100 households in Saraiya in 2011, 26 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Saraiya · ■ Sohawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**77%

Tap water ****86%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**59%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****91%**

**86%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Saraiya?

■ Saraiya · ■ Sohawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.1%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****959**

**941

Working population ****20.5%**

**30.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.2% for men and 57.0% for women. 38% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 265 (73%)

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 Sohawal

- Babhaniyawa1,831 people
- Sanaha Uparhar1,820 people
- Antpur1,770 people
- Paliyarisali1,762 people
- Fatehpur Saraiya Uparhar1,738 people
- Nandigram1,689 people
- Bhaie Pur1,682 people
- Ballipur1,681 people

[All 158 villages in Sohawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/faizabad/sohawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saraiya?1,762 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saraiya in?Faizabad district (Sohawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saraiya?62.1% (Census 2011)