# Barsot Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Barsot

Barsot is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **421 people in 79 households**, the 224th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 421people (2011)
- 79households
- 38.7%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barsot

Of every 100 households in Barsot in 2011, 1 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Barsot · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****100%**

**86%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Barsot?

■ Barsot · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.7%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**929

Working population ****45.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 45.1% for men and 31.8% for women. 44% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (56%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 78 (41%)

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

- Rumma429 people
- Dohari427 people
- Uachka427 people
- Atarwa426 people
- Umarikhurd418 people
- Beheri417 people
- Sohdaul405 people
- Bakuli401 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barsot?421 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barsot in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barsot?38.7% (Census 2011)