# Atarwa Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Atarwa

Atarwa is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **426 people in 88 households**, the 223rd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 426people (2011)
- 88households
- 55.6%literacy
- 797females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atarwa

Of every 100 households in Atarwa in 2011, 23 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Atarwa · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****87%**

**86%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Atarwa?

■ Atarwa · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****797**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****623**

**929

Working population ****49.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 46.2% for women. 47% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (79%) · **■** Household industry 14 (7%) · **■** Other work 14 (7%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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

- Khakh431 people
- Rumma429 people
- Dohari427 people
- Uachka427 people
- Barsot421 people
- Umarikhurd418 people
- Beheri417 people
- Sohdaul405 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atarwa?426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atarwa in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Atarwa?55.6% (Census 2011)