# Marasara Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Marasara

Marasara is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **837 people in 132 households**, the 121st largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 837people (2011)
- 132households
- 65.6%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Marasara

Of every 100 households in Marasara in 2011, 9 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Marasara · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**12%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****95%**

**86%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**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 Marasara?

■ Marasara · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**929

Working population ****35.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 55.3% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 25 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 237 (80%) · **■** Other work 25 (8%) · **■** Marginal 8 (3%)

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

- Beerkala852 people
- Maham850 people
- Barnwa845 people
- Keweta837 people
- Shikari833 people
- Barauli816 people
- Barsota810 people
- Amilia809 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Marasara?837 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marasara in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Marasara?65.6% (Census 2011)