# Welkhuri Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Welkhuri

Welkhuri is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **462 people in 82 households**, the 209th largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 462people (2011)
- 82households
- 63.7%literacy
- 1,044females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Welkhuri

Of every 100 households in Welkhuri in 2011, 9 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Welkhuri · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****96%**

**86%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**9%

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

**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 Welkhuri?

■ Welkhuri · ■ Ghorawal rural average

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

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1044**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**929

Working population ****46.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.9% for men and 55.0% for women. 49% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 13 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 16 (7%) · **■** Marginal 184 (86%)

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

- Pathartal486 people
- Ghoria484 people
- Bandha468 people
- Barbaspur468 people
- Pipri No. 1458 people
- Domahar454 people
- Dhadhi452 people
- Athauna450 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Welkhuri?462 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Welkhuri in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Welkhuri?63.7% (Census 2011)