# Char Village, Karwi, Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Karwi, Chitrakoot 

# Char

Char is a village in Karwi sub-district of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,611 people in 291 households**, the 138th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 1,611people (2011)
- 291households
- 74.6%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Char

Of every 100 households in Char in 2011, 29 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Char · ■ Karwi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**88%

Tap water ****27%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****77%**

**69%

Television ****23%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Char?

■ Char · ■ Karwi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**873

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**907

Working population ****44.8%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.9% for men and 62.4% for women. 51% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 352 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (11%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (12%) · **■** Marginal 193 (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 Karwi

- Itaura1,654 people
- Devari1,629 people
- Sapaha1,618 people
- Chandi Bangar1,611 people
- Parsiddpur1,610 people
- Gouria1,599 people
- Samaria Jagannath Wasi1,577 people
- Lamiyari1,573 people

[All 441 villages in Karwi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chitrakoot/karwi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Char?1,611 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Char in?Chitrakoot district (Karwi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Char?74.6% (Census 2011)