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Gurwal Population - Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Gurwal is a medium size village located in Ghorawal Tehsil of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh with total 345 families residing. The Gurwal village has population of 1636 of which 844 are males while 792 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 300 which makes up 18.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurwal village is 938 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurwal as per census is 1069, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Gurwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurwal village was 63.10 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Gurwal Male literacy stands at 74.82 % while female literacy rate was 50.24 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gurwal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gurwal village.

Gurwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 345 - -
Population 1,636 844 792
Child (0-6) 300 145 155
Schedule Caste 1,051 539 512
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.10 % 74.82 % 50.24 %
Total Workers 888 481 407
Main Worker 640 - -
Marginal Worker 248 127 121

Caste Factor

In Gurwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.24 % of total population in Gurwal village. The village Gurwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gurwal village out of total population, 888 were engaged in work activities. 72.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 888 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 611 were Agricultural labourer.