# Peroh Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Peroh

Peroh is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,441 people in 864 households**, the 1st largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 5,441people (2011)
- 864households
- 54.8%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Peroh

Of every 100 households in Peroh in 2011, 2 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Peroh · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****75%**

**86%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Peroh?

■ Peroh · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**929

Working population ****35.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.0% for men and 44.0% for women. 46% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 283 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (10%) · **■** Household industry 24 (1%) · **■** Other work 193 (10%) · **■** Marginal 1,246 (64%)

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

- Bhanswar4,486 people
- Shemiya4,179 people
- Tilauli Kalana3,821 people
- Parsauna3,422 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Peroh?5,441 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Peroh in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Peroh?54.8% (Census 2011)