# Thiwan Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Thiwan

Thiwan is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,480 people in 268 households**, the 49th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 1,480people (2011)
- 268households
- 63.7%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thiwan

Of every 100 households in Thiwan in 2011, 2 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Thiwan · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****98%**

**86%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**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 Thiwan?

■ Thiwan · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.7%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**929

Working population ****54.4%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 49.7% for women. 55% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 146 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 474 (59%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 33 (4%) · **■** Marginal 137 (17%)

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

- Shahganj1,628 people
- Tenthuhar1,583 people
- Mukasim1,561 people
- Koharatha1,507 people
- Lohari1,469 people
- Karkoll1,455 people
- Dharura1,426 people
- Khuthnia1,421 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thiwan?1,480 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thiwan in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Thiwan?63.7% (Census 2011)