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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Harpur

Harpur is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,320 people in 418 households**, the 57th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,320people (2011)
- 418households
- 64.3%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Harpur

Of every 100 households in Harpur in 2011, 15 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Harpur · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****7%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****82%**

**78%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Harpur?

■ Harpur · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****918**

**914

Working population ****32.6%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 52.7% for women. 40% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 139 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (2%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 132 (17%) · **■** Marginal 460 (61%)

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

- Devi Pur2,401 people
- Telhnapar2,354 people
- Pokhar Bhinda2,336 people
- Sihorwa2,322 people
- Sonbarsa Bujurg2,297 people
- Semrauni2,292 people
- Belwa2,262 people
- Mahuwar Kol2,208 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Harpur?2,320 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Harpur in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Harpur?64.3% (Census 2011)