# Gaighat Village, Chakia, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chakia, Chandauli 

# Gaighat

Gaighat is a village in Chakia sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,453 people in 243 households**, the 77th largest of 531 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,453people (2011)
- 243households
- 72.5%literacy
- 887females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaighat

Of every 100 households in Gaighat in 2011, 37 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaighat · ■ Chakia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**86%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****44%**

**80%

Television ****28%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****36%**

**14%

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 Gaighat?

■ Gaighat · ■ Chakia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****887**

**917

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**924

Working population ****35.8%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 60.0% for women. 48% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 50 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (17%) · **■** Household industry 15 (3%) · **■** Other work 68 (13%) · **■** Marginal 297 (57%)

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 Chakia

- Mobarakpur1,507 people
- Basari1,493 people
- Ataysat Ganj1,462 people
- Dhunnu1,462 people
- Goghara1,420 people
- Dharde1,415 people
- Lathiya Kalan1,404 people
- Murhhua1,387 people

[All 623 villages in Chakia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/chakia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaighat?1,453 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaighat in?Chandauli district (Chakia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gaighat?72.5% (Census 2011)