# Chhiras Village, Colonelganj, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Colonelganj, Gonda 

# Chhiras

Chhiras is a village in Colonelganj sub-district of Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,935 people in 302 households**, the 169th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.1%.

- 1,935people (2011)
- 302households
- 61.4%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhiras

Of every 100 households in Chhiras in 2011, 9 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhiras · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****6%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**53%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****86%**

**74%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chhiras?

■ Chhiras · ■ Colonelganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.4%**

**56.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****817**

**922

Working population ****35.5%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 46.8% for women. 46% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (8%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 22 (3%) · **■** Marginal 338 (49%)

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 Colonelganj

- Bansgaon1,958 people
- Kudiyav1,952 people
- Dhanaura1,943 people
- Kunwarpur Amarha1,942 people
- Karuwa1,930 people
- Rudauliya1,928 people
- Reruwa1,925 people
- Jagdishpur Baldi1,924 people

[All 387 villages in Colonelganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gonda/colonelganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhiras?1,935 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhiras in?Gonda district (Colonelganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chhiras?61.4% (Census 2011)