# Selahata Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Selahata

Selahata is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,153 people in 230 households**, the 82nd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,153people (2011)
- 230households
- 55.5%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Selahata

Of every 100 households in Selahata in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Selahata · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**16%

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

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**85%

Tap water ****85%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****48%**

**86%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Selahata?

■ Selahata · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.5%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**929

Working population ****45.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.7% for men and 47.0% for women. 45% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (49%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 98 (19%)

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

- Khajaraul1,174 people
- Aruna1,173 people
- Dorihar1,166 people
- Sahuar1,159 people
- Lilwahi1,140 people
- Uchaka1,138 people
- Dewerikatha1,129 people
- Khirahata1,122 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Selahata?1,153 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Selahata in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Selahata?55.5% (Census 2011)