# Meejhun Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Meejhun

Meejhun is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **637 people in 96 households**, the 159th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 637people (2011)
- 96households
- 71.0%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meejhun

Of every 100 households in Meejhun in 2011, 20 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meejhun · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**98%

Use banking services ****66%**

**86%

Television ****25%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**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 Meejhun?

■ Meejhun · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.0%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**929

Working population ****38.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 64.2% for women. 48% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (7%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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

- Majhgawan Chauhan651 people
- Kolariya646 people
- Baraganwa640 people
- Durawal Khurd640 people
- Dudhia629 people
- Mukkha614 people
- Satdwari610 people
- Khaira609 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meejhun?637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meejhun in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Meejhun?71.0% (Census 2011)