# Garhawa Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Garhawa

Garhawa is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,717 people in 293 households**, the 46th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,717people (2011)
- 293households
- 36.0%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garhawa

Of every 100 households in Garhawa in 2011, 2 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garhawa · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**85%

Television ****5%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**14%

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 Garhawa?

■ Garhawa · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.0%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**939

Working population ****40.2%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.7% for men and 29.2% for women. 45% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 93 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 464 (67%) · **■** Other work 8 (1%) · **■** Marginal 125 (18%)

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 Marihan

- Darhia1,851 people
- Khanhwar Majhari1,794 people
- Leduki1,772 people
- Bishunpur1,764 people
- Haraura1,702 people
- Dhanawal1,663 people
- Rajgarh1,653 people
- Talar1,619 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garhawa?1,717 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garhawa in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Garhawa?36.0% (Census 2011)