# Gawnkunda Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Gawnkunda

Gawnkunda is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **268 people in 42 households**, the 265th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 268people (2011)
- 42households
- 51.5%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gawnkunda

Of every 100 households in Gawnkunda in 2011, 14 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gawnkunda · ■ 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 ****5%**

**12%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**98%

Use banking services ****79%**

**86%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**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 Gawnkunda?

■ Gawnkunda · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.5%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****560**

**929

Working population ****49.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.0% for men and 41.4% for women. 50% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (34%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 73 (55%)

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

- Sahpurwa Kalan285 people
- Pipari No 2281 people
- Khadaha280 people
- Parari Kurd271 people
- Chakauli261 people
- Jinhora258 people
- Pateri258 people
- Belkuri Murpharkat257 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gawnkunda?268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gawnkunda in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gawnkunda?51.5% (Census 2011)