# Velahi Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Velahi

Velahi is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **576 people in 76 households**, the 172nd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 576people (2011)
- 76households
- 72.8%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Velahi

Of every 100 households in Velahi in 2011, 1 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Velahi · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****92%**

**86%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Velahi?

■ Velahi · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****683**

**929

Working population ****58.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 64.7% for women. 57% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 204 (61%) · **■** Household industry 15 (4%) · **■** Other work 7 (2%) · **■** Marginal 20 (6%)

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

- Welanow601 people
- Harankhuri595 people
- Koladiha591 people
- Panauli579 people
- Karma575 people
- Sidhi572 people
- Sitabahar557 people
- Aurahi555 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Velahi?576 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Velahi in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Velahi?72.8% (Census 2011)