Village · Chakia, Chandauli
# Bhurkura

Bhurkura is a village in Chakia sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 298 people in 39 households, the 361st largest of 531 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.
- 298 people (2011)
- 39 households
- 62.1% literacy
- 974 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhurkura

Of every 100 households in Bhurkura in 2011, 60 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 18 a car.

■ Bhurkura · ■ Chakia rural average
- Electricity for lighting 60% 26%
- Toilet within the home 24% 13%
- No toilet (open defecation) 76% 86%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 24%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 96%
- Use banking services 79% 80%
- Television 42% 28%
- Mobile phone 53% 52%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 21% 11%
- Car / jeep / van 18% 2%
- None of these assets 29% 14%
- Own their home 97% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bhurkura?

■ Bhurkura · ■ Chakia rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 62.1% 66.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 974 917
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 552 924
- Working population 26.2% 37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.2% for men and 57.3% for women. 48% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 27 (35%) · ■ Other work 5 (6%) · ■ Marginal 46 (59%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chakia
- Chilraha 301 people
- Nobi Kalan 301 people
- Uchahara 301 people
- Bindrawan 300 people
- Bodara Kalan 298 people
- Horila 298 people
- Kataria 298 people
- Danogarha 293 people

All 623 villages in Chakia

## Other places named Bhurkura
- Bhurkura · Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur · 4,759 people
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- Bhurkura · Village, Chunar, Mirzapur · 2,010 people
- Bhurkura · Village, Misrikh, Sitapur · 1,104 people
- Bhurkura · Village, Burhanpur, Azamgarh · 642 people
- Bhurkura · Village, Chenari, Rohtas · 527 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Bhurkura? 298 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhurkura in? Chandauli district (Chakia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhurkura? 62.1% (Census 2011)

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