# Chitora Village, Saidpur, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Saidpur, Ghazipur 

# Chitora

Chitora is a village in Saidpur sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,299 people in 155 households**, the 145th largest of 582 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,299people (2011)
- 155households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,046females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitora

Of every 100 households in Chitora in 2011, 22 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Chitora · ■ Saidpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**84%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**32%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****97%**

**79%

Television ****39%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**6%

None of these assets ****3%**

**7%

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 Chitora?

■ Chitora · ■ Saidpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1046**

**998

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**896

Working population ****59.8%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 59.3% for women. 59% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 190 (24%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 71 (9%) · **■** Marginal 513 (66%)

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 Saidpur

- Shikarpur1,340 people
- Aurihar Khurd1,338 people
- Akawas Patti1,320 people
- Vikhaepur1,302 people
- Rajupur1,298 people
- Hasanpur1,281 people
- Dubaitha1,259 people
- Malik Shah Pur1,259 people

[All 646 villages in Saidpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/saidpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitora?1,299 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitora in?Ghazipur district (Saidpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chitora?72.0% (Census 2011)