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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Bohawar

Bohawar is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,724 people in 419 households**, the 45th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,724people (2011)
- 419households
- 62.6%literacy
- 1,102females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bohawar

Of every 100 households in Bohawar in 2011, 8 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bohawar · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**78%

Television ****11%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Bohawar?

■ Bohawar · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.6%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1102**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1046**

**914

Working population ****22.4%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.1% for men and 52.3% for women. 42% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 256 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 72 (12%) · **■** Marginal 213 (35%)

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

- Barhi3,018 people
- Sisawa Urph Chankapur2,909 people
- Khairabad2,846 people
- Bharat Pur2,841 people
- Kusumhi2,703 people
- Singhpur2,680 people
- Ebrahimpur2,645 people
- Bal Khurd2,542 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bohawar?2,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bohawar in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bohawar?62.6% (Census 2011)