# Chain Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Chain

Chain is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **534 people in 109 households**, the 187th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 534people (2011)
- 109households
- 72.2%literacy
- 816females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chain

Of every 100 households in Chain in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chain · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**12%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****94%**

**86%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Chain?

■ Chain · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****816**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****586**

**929

Working population ****45.9%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 63.1% for women. 47% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 24 (10%) · **■** Other work 13 (5%) · **■** Marginal 208 (85%)

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

- Basahi537 people
- Mhunyw Pandy537 people
- Barauli536 people
- Sapahi536 people
- Mahokhar534 people
- Gobariya531 people
- Mahuriya529 people
- Khudia525 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chain?534 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chain in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chain?72.2% (Census 2011)