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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Bhakurha

Bhakurha is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 191 households**, the 110th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 191households
- 60.0%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhakurha

Of every 100 households in Bhakurha in 2011, 8 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bhakurha · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**82%

Tap water ****47%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**78%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**15%

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

**3%

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

**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 Bhakurha?

■ Bhakurha · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**914

Working population ****24.2%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 48.9% for women. 45% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 152 (50%)

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

- Mahuwa Bujurg1,309 people
- Jamru1,306 people
- Bishunpur Khurd1,291 people
- Rana Par1,277 people
- Natwa1,245 people
- Kuhi Mahadew Chak1,242 people
- Moti Pakar1,231 people
- Mathiya Bujurg1,230 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhakurha?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhakurha in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhakurha?60.0% (Census 2011)