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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Bal Khurd

Bal Khurd is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,542 people in 406 households**, the 49th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,542people (2011)
- 406households
- 67.7%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bal Khurd

Of every 100 households in Bal Khurd in 2011, 23 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bal Khurd · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**30%

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

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****17%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**41%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****76%**

**78%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Bal Khurd?

■ Bal Khurd · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****930**

**914

Working population ****28.2%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.6% for men and 55.6% for women. 44% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 119 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 163 (23%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 211 (29%) · **■** Marginal 210 (29%)

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

- Bohawar2,724 people
- Kusumhi2,703 people
- Singhpur2,680 people
- Ebrahimpur2,645 people
- Bhau Par2,481 people
- Belwa Khurd2,430 people
- Rampur Bujurg2,427 people
- Devi Pur2,401 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 Khurd?2,542 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bal Khurd in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bal Khurd?67.7% (Census 2011)