# Bichhwar Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Bichhwar

Bichhwar is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **78 people in 13 households**, the 317th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 78people (2011)
- 13households
- 79.2%literacy
- 733females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bichhwar

Of every 100 households in Bichhwar in 2011, 58 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 33 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bichhwar · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**85%

Tap water ****75%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****100%**

**86%

Television ****58%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****33%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Bichhwar?

■ Bichhwar · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****733**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**929

Working population ****55.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 61.3% for women. 47% of men and 67% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (14%) · **■** Other work 2 (5%) · **■** Marginal 23 (53%)

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

- Chakari85 people
- Chandwa85 people
- Kunda82 people
- Khairi79 people
- Jaimohara75 people
- Karaundia74 people
- Dumaria Mithailal59 people
- Etwa56 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bichhwar?78 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bichhwar in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bichhwar?79.2% (Census 2011)