# Beerkala Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Beerkala

Beerkala is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **852 people in 159 households**, the 117th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 852people (2011)
- 159households
- 56.8%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Beerkala

Of every 100 households in Beerkala in 2011, 36 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Beerkala · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****97%**

**86%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Beerkala?

■ Beerkala · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**929

Working population ****27.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.7% for men and 43.0% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Household industry 14 (6%) · **■** Other work 8 (3%) · **■** Marginal 194 (83%)

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

- Deogarha864 people
- Amli Pokhar863 people
- Lali859 people
- Masoe858 people
- Maham850 people
- Barnwa845 people
- Keweta837 people
- Marasara837 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Beerkala?852 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Beerkala in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Beerkala?56.8% (Census 2011)