# Bharkana Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Bharkana

Bharkana is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,257 people in 251 households**, the 70th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,257people (2011)
- 251households
- 62.9%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bharkana

Of every 100 households in Bharkana in 2011, 14 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bharkana · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**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 ****91%**

**86%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Bharkana?

■ Bharkana · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**929

Working population ****46.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 52.9% for women. 45% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 334 (57%) · **■** Household industry 75 (13%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 21 (4%)

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

- Enam1,282 people
- Sirsain1,278 people
- Garama1,266 people
- Khardeur1,261 people
- Belwania1,249 people
- Kingari1,232 people
- Kurachha1,230 people
- Dhorkary1,202 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bharkana?1,257 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bharkana in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bharkana?62.9% (Census 2011)