# Bal Bujurg Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Bal Bujurg

Bal Bujurg is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,822 people in 585 households**, the 28th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 3,822people (2011)
- 585households
- 64.3%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bal Bujurg

Of every 100 households in Bal Bujurg in 2011, 46 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bal Bujurg · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**82%

Tap water ****66%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**92%

Use banking services ****81%**

**78%

Television ****31%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Bal Bujurg?

■ Bal Bujurg · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**914

Working population ****28.3%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 50.0% for women. 43% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 101 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (8%) · **■** Household industry 24 (2%) · **■** Other work 347 (32%) · **■** Marginal 522 (48%)

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

- Chaura4,182 people
- Lakshmi Pur3,906 people
- Madapar3,903 people
- Jodh Pur3,853 people
- Bilari3,790 people
- Dumari Khurd3,727 people
- Lakshman Pur3,600 people
- Shiva Pur3,595 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bal Bujurg?3,822 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bal Bujurg in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bal Bujurg?64.3% (Census 2011)