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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Kolhua

Kolhua is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,579 people in 268 households**, the 95th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,579people (2011)
- 268households
- 65.2%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kolhua

Of every 100 households in Kolhua in 2011, 21 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kolhua · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****38%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**41%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****82%**

**78%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Kolhua?

■ Kolhua · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1016**

**914

Working population ****32.4%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 51.9% for women. 47% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 27 (5%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 351 (69%)

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

- Karhi1,658 people
- Mundera1,643 people
- Basahia1,629 people
- Sarar Majhganwa1,600 people
- Bhagwan Pur1,570 people
- Dudhai1,562 people
- Bhat Ganwa1,540 people
- Chak Deia1,494 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kolhua?1,579 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kolhua in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kolhua?65.2% (Census 2011)