# Ghoriya Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Ghoriya

Ghoriya is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,350 people in 406 households**, the 18th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,350people (2011)
- 406households
- 57.0%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghoriya

Of every 100 households in Ghoriya in 2011, 1 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ghoriya · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****73%**

**86%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Ghoriya?

■ Ghoriya · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.0%**

**63.1%

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

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**929

Working population ****36.6%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 48.7% for women. 46% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 335 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 357 (42%) · **■** Household industry 55 (6%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 99 (12%)

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

- Barimahewa2,478 people
- Jogani2,453 people
- Saranga2,382 people
- Silapi2,366 people
- Purkhas2,324 people
- Hinauti2,304 people
- Sirvit2,290 people
- Siwadar2,207 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghoriya?2,350 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghoriya in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Ghoriya?57.0% (Census 2011)