# Birawa Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Birawa

Birawa is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,871 people in 751 households**, the 26th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 4,871people (2011)
- 751households
- 36.7%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Birawa

Of every 100 households in Birawa in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Birawa · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**10%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****51%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**74%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Birawa?

■ Birawa · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.7%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**922

Working population ****44.5%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.4% for men and 24.3% for women. 55% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 575 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 343 (16%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 49 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1,183 (55%)

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 Colonelganj

- Ashokpur5,433 people
- Nindura5,383 people
- Colonel Ganj5,017 people
- Bhadaiyan4,972 people
- Balpur Hajari4,850 people
- Nandaur4,691 people
- Urdi Gonda4,645 people
- Sakraur4,559 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Birawa?4,871 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Birawa in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Birawa?36.7% (Census 2011)