# Chahania Village, Sakaldiha, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sakaldiha, Chandauli 

# Chahania

Chahania is a village in Sakaldiha sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,517 people in 201 households**, the 176th largest of 456 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,517people (2011)
- 201households
- 80.4%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chahania

Of every 100 households in Chahania in 2011, 60 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Chahania · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**80%

Tap water ****23%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**93%

Use banking services ****65%**

**77%

Television ****51%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****31%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chahania?

■ Chahania · ■ Sakaldiha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.4%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**911

Working population ****37.6%**

**33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 71.3% for women. 44% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (3%) · **■** Household industry 91 (16%) · **■** Other work 265 (46%) · **■** Marginal 110 (19%)

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 Sakaldiha

- Kailawar1,549 people
- Pura1,548 people
- Bahrawani1,541 people
- Jalalpur1,534 people
- Naraina1,517 people
- Daurha1,500 people
- Sewarih1,476 people
- Agastipur1,474 people

[All 493 villages in Sakaldiha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/sakaldiha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chahania?1,517 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chahania in?Chandauli district (Sakaldiha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chahania?80.4% (Census 2011)