# Aruna Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Aruna

Aruna is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,173 people in 165 households**, the 79th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,173people (2011)
- 165households
- 66.7%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aruna

Of every 100 households in Aruna in 2011, 34 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Aruna · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**85%

Tap water ****48%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**12%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****93%**

**86%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**18%

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 Aruna?

■ Aruna · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**929

Working population ****48.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 54.9% for women. 49% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 245 (43%) · **■** Household industry 19 (3%) · **■** Other work 54 (9%) · **■** Marginal 184 (32%)

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 Ghorawal

- Kusinisph1,201 people
- Morahi1,200 people
- Bansdih1,185 people
- Khajaraul1,174 people
- Dorihar1,166 people
- Sahuar1,159 people
- Selahata1,153 people
- Lilwahi1,140 people

[All 345 villages in Ghorawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/ghorawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aruna?1,173 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aruna in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Aruna?66.7% (Census 2011)