# Chirikihit Village, Lalganj, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Azamgarh 

# Chirikihit

Chirikihit is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,355 people in 677 households**, the 14th largest of 517 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 4,355people (2011)
- 677households
- 67.2%literacy
- 1,160females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chirikihit

Of every 100 households in Chirikihit in 2011, 25 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chirikihit · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**82%

Tap water ****3%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****78%**

**79%

Television ****26%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

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 Chirikihit?

■ Chirikihit · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1160**

**1072

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****888**

**913

Working population ****26.2%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 56.6% for women. 37% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (17%) · **■** Household industry 17 (1%) · **■** Other work 54 (5%) · **■** Marginal 725 (64%)

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 Lalganj

- Ubarpur Lakkhipur4,663 people
- Lahuwa Khurd4,610 people
- Sidhauna4,549 people
- Kasba Deo Gaon4,391 people
- Belau4,237 people
- Kanjahit4,210 people
- Thekama4,020 people
- Naursia3,927 people

[All 559 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chirikihit?4,355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chirikihit in?Azamgarh district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chirikihit?67.2% (Census 2011)