# Chhaun Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Chhaun

Chhaun is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,756 people in 627 households**, the 7th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 5,756people (2011)
- 627households
- 81.3%literacy
- 958females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhaun

Of every 100 households in Chhaun in 2011, 36 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chhaun · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**78%

Tap water ****21%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**78%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chhaun?

■ Chhaun · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.3%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****958**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**918

Working population ****23.2%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 73.9% for women. 40% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 520 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 285 (21%) · **■** Household industry 29 (2%) · **■** Other work 211 (16%) · **■** Marginal 290 (22%)

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 Nizamabad

- Nandaon7,488 people
- Rajapur Sikraur6,722 people
- Sanjarpur6,540 people
- Mudiyar6,315 people
- Niyauj5,696 people
- Shervan5,653 people
- Bairadih Urf Gambhirpur5,071 people
- Gothaon5,037 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhaun?5,756 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhaun in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chhaun?81.3% (Census 2011)