# Bhurkura Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Bhurkura

Bhurkura is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **486 people in 86 households**, the 204th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 486people (2011)
- 86households
- 72.5%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurkura

Of every 100 households in Bhurkura in 2011, 67 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhurkura · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****98%**

**86%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**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 Bhurkura?

■ Bhurkura · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**929

Working population ****28.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 60.2% for women. 48% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (39%) · **■** Household industry 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 29 (21%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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

- Bahorika494 people
- Renua493 people
- Marni492 people
- Majhiganwa487 people
- Pathartal486 people
- Ghoria484 people
- Bandha468 people
- Barbaspur468 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhurkura?486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurkura in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurkura?72.5% (Census 2011)