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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Amkol

Amkol is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,074 people in 362 households**, the 68th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,074people (2011)
- 362households
- 67.1%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Amkol

Of every 100 households in Amkol in 2011, 29 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Amkol · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**82%

Tap water ****86%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**92%

Use banking services ****76%**

**78%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Amkol?

■ Amkol · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**914

Working population ****35.9%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 56.3% for women. 47% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (5%) · **■** Marginal 682 (92%)

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

- Vishunpur Matiara2,124 people
- Baikunth Pur2,115 people
- Belva Bujurg2,115 people
- Ganjai Kol2,110 people
- Lakshmanpur2,069 people
- Tendua Khurd2,067 people
- Jungle Gauri No.12,044 people
- Nawa Bari2,036 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Amkol?2,074 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Amkol in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Amkol?67.1% (Census 2011)