# Shemiya Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Shemiya

Shemiya is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,179 people in 760 households**, the 3rd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 4,179people (2011)
- 760households
- 48.7%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shemiya

Of every 100 households in Shemiya in 2011, 8 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shemiya · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**16%

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

**14%

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

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****88%**

**86%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****41%**

**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 Shemiya?

■ Shemiya · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.7%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****931**

**929

Working population ****49.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.8% for men and 34.8% for women. 49% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 949 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 796 (39%) · **■** Household industry 43 (2%) · **■** Other work 38 (2%) · **■** Marginal 223 (11%)

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

- Peroh5,441 people
- Bhanswar4,486 people
- Tilauli Kalana3,821 people
- Parsauna3,422 people
- Korat3,314 people
- Visundhary3,295 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shemiya?4,179 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shemiya in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shemiya?48.7% (Census 2011)