# Chaukhara Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Chaukhara

Chaukhara is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **177 people in 34 households**, the 1200th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 177people (2011)
- 34households
- 68.2%literacy
- 806females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukhara

Of every 100 households in Chaukhara in 2011, 6 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chaukhara · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**87%

Tap water ****15%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**48%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****73%**

**91%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**16%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chaukhara?

■ Chaukhara · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****806**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****381**

**928

Working population ****29.4%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 50.7% for women. 49% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (73%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (6%) · **■** Marginal 2 (4%)

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 Harraiya

- Sebra Patti Nathpur183 people
- Daulatpur181 people
- Kajiyapur178 people
- Araji Deokhar177 people
- Dholwapur177 people
- Narsihnpur177 people
- Jot Asre176 people
- Datuapur175 people

[All 1,527 villages in Harraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukhara?177 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukhara in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukhara?68.2% (Census 2011)