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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Karauta

Karauta is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,172 people in 184 households**, the 121st largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,172people (2011)
- 184households
- 49.6%literacy
- 1,067females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karauta

Of every 100 households in Karauta in 2011, 20 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Karauta · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****80%**

**78%

Television ****10%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**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 Karauta?

■ Karauta · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.6%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1067**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**914

Working population ****71.1%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.8% for men and 44.7% for women. 73% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 727 (87%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 80 (10%)

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

- Mathia1,203 people
- Miswa1,194 people
- Jadu Pur1,191 people
- Kaithawalia1,176 people
- Bhainsahi Ram Datt1,155 people
- Keshwa Patti1,126 people
- Newdi1,126 people
- Tiha1,125 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karauta?1,172 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karauta in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karauta?49.6% (Census 2011)