# Shahganj Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/ghorawal/shahganj/

Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Shahganj

Shahganj is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,628 people in 245 households**, the 45th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,628people (2011)
- 245households
- 66.6%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shahganj

Of every 100 households in Shahganj in 2011, 44 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Shahganj · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**98%

Use banking services ****75%**

**86%

Television ****23%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shahganj?

■ Shahganj · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**929

Working population ****30.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 55.4% for women. 42% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 21 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (32%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 144 (29%) · **■** Marginal 157 (32%)

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

- Jorwria1,675 people
- Bharauli1,666 people
- Gurwal1,636 people
- Satohan1,631 people
- Tenthuhar1,583 people
- Mukasim1,561 people
- Koharatha1,507 people
- Thiwan1,480 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shahganj?1,628 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shahganj in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shahganj?66.6% (Census 2011)