# Sonwy Gonarha Village, Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur 

# Sonwy Gonarha

Sonwy Gonarha is a village in Gorakhpur sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,365 people in 426 households**, the 129th largest of 440 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.9%.

- 2,365people (2011)
- 426households
- 69.8%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sonwy Gonarha

Of every 100 households in Sonwy Gonarha in 2011, 48 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sonwy Gonarha · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**80%

Tap water ****4%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**87%

Use banking services ****84%**

**76%

Television ****36%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sonwy Gonarha?

■ Sonwy Gonarha · ■ Gorakhpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**64.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**915

Working population ****32.4%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 56.6% for women. 48% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (2%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 72 (9%) · **■** Marginal 486 (63%)

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 Gorakhpur

- Belwa Rampur2,405 people
- Hemdhapur2,403 people
- Abadi Sakhani2,387 people
- Asarphpur2,381 people
- Kakrakhore2,357 people
- Raghunath Pur2,353 people
- Sahookol Urf Mirzapur2,344 people
- Samdar Khurd2,342 people

[All 509 villages in Gorakhpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/gorakhpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sonwy Gonarha?2,365 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sonwy Gonarha in?Gorakhpur district (Gorakhpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sonwy Gonarha?69.8% (Census 2011)