# Guretha Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Guretha

Guretha is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,068 people in 181 households**, the 95th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,068people (2011)
- 181households
- 64.9%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Guretha

Of every 100 households in Guretha in 2011, 17 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Guretha · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****77%**

**86%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Guretha?

■ Guretha · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**929

Working population ****41.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 50.2% for women. 50% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (40%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 78 (18%) · **■** Marginal 132 (30%)

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

- Naugawan1,097 people
- Jamaganwa1,093 people
- Bharawah1,089 people
- Silahta1,087 people
- Khagia1,067 people
- Divar1,060 people
- Pandepokhar1,052 people
- Bagpokhar1,025 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Guretha?1,068 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guretha in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Guretha?64.9% (Census 2011)