# Visahar Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Visahar

Visahar is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,001 people in 366 households**, the 32nd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 2,001people (2011)
- 366households
- 60.7%literacy
- 888females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Visahar

Of every 100 households in Visahar in 2011, 22 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Visahar · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****94%**

**86%

Television ****16%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Visahar?

■ Visahar · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****888**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**929

Working population ****48.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 45.1% for women. 48% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 137 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 378 (39%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 122 (13%) · **■** Marginal 313 (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

- Orhatha2,103 people
- Kanhari2,095 people
- Purana2,052 people
- Thuter2,007 people
- Murtiya1,998 people
- Karia1,938 people
- Ghuwas1,929 people
- Jamuai1,928 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Visahar?2,001 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Visahar in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Visahar?60.7% (Census 2011)