# Kushra Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Kushra

Kushra is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **521 people in 88 households**, the 192nd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 521people (2011)
- 88households
- 71.9%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kushra

Of every 100 households in Kushra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Kushra · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****100%**

**86%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Kushra?

■ Kushra · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1231**

**929

Working population ****48.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 64.1% for women. 51% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (58%) · **■** Household industry 47 (19%) · **■** Other work 22 (9%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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

- Mahokhar534 people
- Gobariya531 people
- Mahuriya529 people
- Khudia525 people
- Manjhiganwa Mishra517 people
- Chorat510 people
- Mahuna Gosani504 people
- Masiadinath501 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kushra?521 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kushra in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kushra?71.9% (Census 2011)