# Chaura Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,182 people in 714 households**, the 24th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 4,182people (2011)
- 714households
- 68.4%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 45 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**82%

Tap water ****58%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**78%

Television ****34%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**9%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**914

Working population ****31.0%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 58.4% for women. 43% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 33 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (9%) · **■** Household industry 145 (11%) · **■** Other work 555 (43%) · **■** Marginal 447 (34%)

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

- Dihghat Khas4,639 people
- Jagadishpur4,625 people
- Ramnagar Karjaha4,518 people
- Haraiya4,409 people
- Lakshmi Pur3,906 people
- Madapar3,903 people
- Jodh Pur3,853 people
- Bal Bujurg3,822 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?4,182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?68.4% (Census 2011)