# Chola Village, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr 

# Chola

Chola is a village in Sikandrabad sub-district of Bulandshahr district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,720 people in 430 households**, the 30th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 2,720people (2011)
- 430households
- 74.5%literacy
- 873females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chola

Of every 100 households in Chola in 2011, 5 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Chola · ■ Sikandrabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**60%

Tap water ****32%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**82%

Use banking services ****89%**

**65%

Television ****48%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**28%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**4%

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

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**93%

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 Chola?

■ Chola · ■ Sikandrabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****873**

**875

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**825

Working population ****28.3%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.0% for men and 59.9% for women. 44% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 325 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (3%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 197 (26%) · **■** Marginal 211 (27%)

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 Sikandrabad

- Salempur Kayasth2,886 people
- Salempur Jaat2,853 people
- Mohammadpur Kala2,849 people
- Birondi Tajpur2,820 people
- Banchawali2,716 people
- Ismailpur2,675 people
- Barkherah2,608 people
- Sanwali2,608 people

[All 140 villages in Sikandrabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bulandshahr/sikandrabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chola?2,720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chola in?Bulandshahr district (Sikandrabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chola?74.5% (Census 2011)