# Barsota Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Barsota

Barsota is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **810 people in 142 households**, the 124th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 810people (2011)
- 142households
- 71.6%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Barsota

Of every 100 households in Barsota in 2011, 16 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Barsota · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**85%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**98%

Use banking services ****74%**

**86%

Television ****21%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Barsota?

■ Barsota · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****696**

**929

Working population ****39.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 63.6% for women. 55% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 86 (27%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 25 (8%) · **■** Marginal 127 (40%)

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

- Keweta837 people
- Marasara837 people
- Shikari833 people
- Barauli816 people
- Amilia809 people
- Tendui804 people
- Dabha799 people
- Lahas798 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Barsota?810 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barsota in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barsota?71.6% (Census 2011)