Ghorawal is a town and a
nagar panchayat
A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...
in
Sonbhadra district
Sonbhadra (also known as Sonebhadra) or Sonanchal is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri. The district headquarters is in the town of Robertsganj.
Sonbhadra is also known as the "Energy Capital of India" f ...
in the
India
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n
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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of
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
.
Geography
Ghorawal is located at . It has an average elevation of 303 metres (994 feet).
Demographics
As per
India Bureau Census Ghorawal has an estimated population of 9,800 as of 2023.
Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Ghorawal has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 47%. Moreover, 18% of the population in Ghorawal is under 6 years of age.
See also
*
Bhaiswar
References
Cities and towns in Sonbhadra district
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