# Gurwal Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Gurwal

Gurwal is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,636 people in 345 households**, the 43rd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,636people (2011)
- 345households
- 63.1%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gurwal

Of every 100 households in Gurwal in 2011, 2 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gurwal · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****77%**

**86%

Television ****5%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**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 Gurwal?

■ Gurwal · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1069**

**929

Working population ****54.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 50.2% for women. 57% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 611 (69%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 248 (28%)

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

- Tekuria1,751 people
- Mureladih1,739 people
- Jorwria1,675 people
- Bharauli1,666 people
- Satohan1,631 people
- Shahganj1,628 people
- Tenthuhar1,583 people
- Mukasim1,561 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gurwal?1,636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gurwal in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gurwal?63.1% (Census 2011)