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

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Village · Karwi, Chitrakoot 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Karwi sub-district of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,279 people in 682 households**, the 28th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%.

- 4,279people (2011)
- 682households
- 62.6%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 15 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Karwi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****46%**

**69%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Karwi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**63.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**873

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**907

Working population ****42.3%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 48.1% for women. 46% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,088 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (10%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 160 (9%) · **■** Marginal 364 (20%)

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

- Koubara4,526 people
- Rukama Bujurg4,401 people
- Raipura4,388 people
- Rauli Kalayanpur4,334 people
- Mau4,257 people
- Aichwara4,137 people
- Arki4,076 people
- Hanuwa4,067 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?4,279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Chitrakoot district (Karwi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?62.6% (Census 2011)