# Bhanswar Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Bhanswar

Bhanswar is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,486 people in 723 households**, the 2nd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 4,486people (2011)
- 723households
- 61.3%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhanswar

Of every 100 households in Bhanswar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bhanswar · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****75%**

**86%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**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 Bhanswar?

■ Bhanswar · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**929

Working population ****45.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 49.5% for women. 50% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 869 (42%) · **■** Household industry 6 (0%) · **■** Other work 63 (3%) · **■** Marginal 872 (43%)

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

- Peroh5,441 people
- Shemiya4,179 people
- Tilauli Kalana3,821 people
- Parsauna3,422 people
- Korat3,314 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhanswar?4,486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhanswar in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhanswar?61.3% (Census 2011)