# Chaura Village, Ballia, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Ballia, Ballia 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Ballia sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,940 people in 605 households**, the 51st largest of 527 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 3,940people (2011)
- 605households
- 71.2%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 11 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Ballia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**70%

Tap water ****14%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**15%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**84%

Use banking services ****83%**

**78%

Television ****19%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Ballia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**914

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**893

Working population ****27.4%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 59.5% for women. 44% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 101 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (9%) · **■** Household industry 32 (3%) · **■** Other work 265 (25%) · **■** Marginal 585 (54%)

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 Ballia

- Sikandarpur4,047 people
- Jigani4,000 people
- Chhata3,970 people
- Parmandapur3,946 people
- Sonwari3,908 people
- Vaina3,844 people
- Sihanchour Kalan3,835 people
- Savru Band3,802 people

[All 785 villages in Ballia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/ballia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?3,940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Ballia district (Ballia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?71.2% (Census 2011)