# Silapi Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Silapi

Silapi is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,366 people in 395 households**, the 17th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,366people (2011)
- 395households
- 52.5%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silapi

Of every 100 households in Silapi in 2011, 25 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Silapi · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**85%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****86%**

**86%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Silapi?

■ Silapi · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.5%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****696**

**929

Working population ****45.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 39.0% for women. 46% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 773 (72%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (1%) · **■** Marginal 142 (13%)

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

- Newari2,500 people
- Barimahewa2,478 people
- Jogani2,453 people
- Saranga2,382 people
- Ghoriya2,350 people
- Purkhas2,324 people
- Hinauti2,304 people
- Sirvit2,290 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silapi?2,366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silapi in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Silapi?52.5% (Census 2011)