# Barimahewa Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Barimahewa

Barimahewa is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,478 people in 367 households**, the 14th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,478people (2011)
- 367households
- 69.0%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barimahewa

Of every 100 households in Barimahewa in 2011, 48 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Barimahewa · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**85%

Tap water ****52%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**12%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****84%**

**86%

Television ****29%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**9%

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

**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 Barimahewa?

■ Barimahewa · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****837**

**929

Working population ****45.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 55.7% for women. 45% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 18 (2%) · **■** Marginal 738 (66%)

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

- Newari3,030 people
- Chatarwar3,028 people
- Sahdeapaidar2,751 people
- Newari2,500 people
- Jogani2,453 people
- Saranga2,382 people
- Silapi2,366 people
- Ghoriya2,350 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barimahewa?2,478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barimahewa in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barimahewa?69.0% (Census 2011)