# Chokari Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Chokari

Chokari is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,483 people in 227 households**, the 116th largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,483people (2011)
- 227households
- 68.8%literacy
- 1,116females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chokari

Of every 100 households in Chokari in 2011, 16 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chokari · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**87%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**34%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****85%**

**83%

Television ****26%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**15%

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

**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 Chokari?

■ Chokari · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1116**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**912

Working population ****25.0%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.6% for men and 56.9% for women. 37% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 242 (65%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 63 (17%) · **■** Marginal 65 (18%)

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

- Sarsauli1,507 people
- Kudila1,504 people
- Sahabpur1,504 people
- Kanuwan1,502 people
- Dhurehra1,483 people
- Araji Khuthan Urf Parsonia1,477 people
- Chak Fatima Urf Bairak1,470 people
- Khaje Pur1,468 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chokari?1,483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chokari in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chokari?68.8% (Census 2011)