# Chaura Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,925 people in 305 households**, the 77th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,925people (2011)
- 305households
- 73.1%literacy
- 855females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 35 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**96%

Use banking services ****92%**

**83%

Television ****32%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**15%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****855**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**912

Working population ****28.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 59.7% for women. 38% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 183 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 89 (16%) · **■** Marginal 260 (47%)

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 Jakhania

- Burnpur1,975 people
- Tarwa Tappa Sori1,950 people
- Mohammadpur1,945 people
- Rewaria1,928 people
- Molnapur1,918 people
- Madhuban Mu. Yusufpur1,911 people
- Rajapur1,872 people
- Gaurar Khas1,859 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?1,925 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?73.1% (Census 2011)