# Saranga Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Saranga

Saranga is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,382 people in 427 households**, the 16th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,382people (2011)
- 427households
- 68.9%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Saranga

Of every 100 households in Saranga in 2011, 7 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Saranga · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**85%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****82%**

**86%

Television ****24%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Saranga?

■ Saranga · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**929

Working population ****37.5%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 57.3% for women. 51% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 176 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (25%) · **■** Household industry 59 (7%) · **■** Other work 119 (13%) · **■** Marginal 319 (36%)

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

- Sahdeapaidar2,751 people
- Newari2,500 people
- Barimahewa2,478 people
- Jogani2,453 people
- Silapi2,366 people
- Ghoriya2,350 people
- Purkhas2,324 people
- Hinauti2,304 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Saranga?2,382 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saranga in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saranga?68.9% (Census 2011)