# Chamu Village, Bara, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Bara, Allahabad 

# Chamu

Chamu is a village in Bara sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,686 people in 460 households**, the 18th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.0%.

- 2,686people (2011)
- 460households
- 65.7%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chamu

Of every 100 households in Chamu in 2011, 3 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chamu · ■ Bara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**87%

Tap water ****6%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**18%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****79%**

**66%

Television ****12%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**16%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**13%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chamu?

■ Chamu · ■ Bara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**67.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****755**

**874

Working population ****46.1%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.8% for men and 48.6% for women. 47% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 614 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 391 (32%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 53 (4%) · **■** Marginal 172 (14%)

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 Bara

- Pandar3,131 people
- Gauhania2,990 people
- Amilia Tarhar2,927 people
- Gadaiya Kalan2,913 people
- Bhita2,680 people
- Garha2,680 people
- Amreha2,647 people
- Bikar2,642 people

[All 323 villages in Bara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/bara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chamu?2,686 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chamu in?Allahabad district (Bara sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chamu?65.7% (Census 2011)