# Balua Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Balua

Balua is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **180 people in 37 households**, the 292nd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 180people (2011)
- 37households
- 71.0%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balua

Of every 100 households in Balua in 2011, 42 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balua · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****79%**

**86%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**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 Balua?

■ Balua · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****615**

**929

Working population ****56.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 56.7% for women. 53% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 99 (97%)

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

- Sahpurwa Khurd192 people
- Tilauli Khurd190 people
- Kharera187 people
- Kunan185 people
- Garwa179 people
- Snihawal179 people
- Bhainshi177 people
- Bauradih173 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balua?180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balua in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Balua?71.0% (Census 2011)