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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Karhi

Karhi is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,658 people in 221 households**, the 91st largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,658people (2011)
- 221households
- 72.1%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Karhi

Of every 100 households in Karhi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Karhi · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**30%

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

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****43%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**41%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****95%**

**78%

Television ****26%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**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 Karhi?

■ Karhi · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**914

Working population ****23.7%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 57.6% for women. 45% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (24%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (9%) · **■** Marginal 179 (46%)

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

- Barhi1,787 people
- Jain Pur1,733 people
- Lalapur1,670 people
- Amdiha1,660 people
- Mundera1,643 people
- Basahia1,629 people
- Sarar Majhganwa1,600 people
- Kolhua1,579 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Karhi?1,658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karhi in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Karhi?72.1% (Census 2011)