# Amdiha Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Amdiha

Amdiha is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,660 people in 274 households**, the 90th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,660people (2011)
- 274households
- 54.7%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amdiha

Of every 100 households in Amdiha in 2011, 21 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Amdiha · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****76%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****71%**

**78%

Television ****19%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**9%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Amdiha?

■ Amdiha · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**914

Working population ****37.3%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.8% for men and 43.1% for women. 47% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (23%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 28 (5%) · **■** Marginal 352 (57%)

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 Chauri Chaura

- Rachho Pur1,800 people
- Barhi1,787 people
- Jain Pur1,733 people
- Lalapur1,670 people
- Karhi1,658 people
- Mundera1,643 people
- Basahia1,629 people
- Sarar Majhganwa1,600 people

[All 216 villages in Chauri Chaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/chauri-chaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amdiha?1,660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amdiha in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amdiha?54.7% (Census 2011)