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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Chaksatahwa

Chaksatahwa is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **277 people in 41 households**, the 193rd largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 277people (2011)
- 41households
- 72.8%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaksatahwa

Of every 100 households in Chaksatahwa in 2011, 86 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 40 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaksatahwa · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**82%

Tap water ****100%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****40%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**92%

Use banking services ****67%**

**78%

Television ****77%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****26%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Chaksatahwa?

■ Chaksatahwa · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.8%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****607**

**914

Working population ****19.9%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 62.0% for women. 29% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (4%) · **■** Other work 7 (13%) · **■** Marginal 45 (82%)

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

- Tamtha320 people
- Bairwa318 people
- Awagir315 people
- Bhaorhi313 people
- Karn Majha264 people
- Mishrauli234 people
- Chakdah230 people
- Mathia Urph Pachper215 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaksatahwa?277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaksatahwa in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaksatahwa?72.8% (Census 2011)