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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Belwa

Belwa is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,262 people in 334 households**, the 60th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,262people (2011)
- 334households
- 68.3%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belwa

Of every 100 households in Belwa in 2011, 26 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Belwa · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****22%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****75%**

**78%

Television ****11%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Belwa?

■ Belwa · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1072**

**914

Working population ****46.2%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.8% for men and 53.1% for women. 56% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 192 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (6%) · **■** Household industry 159 (15%) · **■** Other work 382 (37%) · **■** Marginal 249 (24%)

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

- Sihorwa2,322 people
- Harpur2,320 people
- Sonbarsa Bujurg2,297 people
- Semrauni2,292 people
- Mahuwar Kol2,208 people
- Sonbarsa Khurd2,190 people
- Chhavaila2,139 people
- Vishunpur Matiara2,124 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belwa?2,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belwa in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Belwa?68.3% (Census 2011)