# Urwalia Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Urwalia

Urwalia is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,559 people in 223 households**, the 78th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,559people (2011)
- 223households
- 63.7%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Urwalia

Of every 100 households in Urwalia in 2011, 22 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Urwalia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****60%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**85%

Use banking services ****95%**

**83%

Television ****17%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Urwalia?

■ Urwalia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****768**

**902

Working population ****32.7%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.9% for men and 50.8% for women. 37% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 48 (9%) · **■** Household industry 29 (6%) · **■** Other work 38 (7%) · **■** Marginal 360 (71%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Harpur1,643 people
- Barouli1,633 people
- Kodri Kala1,606 people
- Mahuadar1,573 people
- Sonbarsa1,557 people
- Niwarhar Khas1,549 people
- Raghunathpur1,529 people
- Rampur Garthauli1,502 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Urwalia?1,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Urwalia in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Urwalia?63.7% (Census 2011)