# Dharura Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Dharura

Dharura is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,426 people in 218 households**, the 52nd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,426people (2011)
- 218households
- 77.3%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dharura

Of every 100 households in Dharura in 2011, 32 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Dharura · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**85%

Tap water ****24%**

**6%

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

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**98%

Use banking services ****98%**

**86%

Television ****41%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Dharura?

■ Dharura · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**929

Working population ****43.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 67.5% for women. 47% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 345 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (24%) · **■** Household industry 39 (6%) · **■** Other work 38 (6%) · **■** Marginal 47 (8%)

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

- Koharatha1,507 people
- Thiwan1,480 people
- Lohari1,469 people
- Karkoll1,455 people
- Khuthnia1,421 people
- Sotil1,415 people
- Domakhri1,411 people
- Kharuaun1,390 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dharura?1,426 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dharura in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dharura?77.3% (Census 2011)