# Mahuwar Kol Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Mahuwar Kol

Mahuwar Kol is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,208 people in 349 households**, the 61st largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 2,208people (2011)
- 349households
- 62.4%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahuwar Kol

Of every 100 households in Mahuwar Kol in 2011, 45 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Mahuwar Kol · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**82%

Tap water ****52%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**92%

Use banking services ****69%**

**78%

Television ****31%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**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 Mahuwar Kol?

■ Mahuwar Kol · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**914

Working population ****43.8%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 53.2% for women. 47% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 24 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (4%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 572 (59%) · **■** Marginal 328 (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

- Harpur2,320 people
- Sonbarsa Bujurg2,297 people
- Semrauni2,292 people
- Belwa2,262 people
- Sonbarsa Khurd2,190 people
- Chhavaila2,139 people
- Vishunpur Matiara2,124 people
- Baikunth Pur2,115 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahuwar Kol?2,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahuwar Kol in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahuwar Kol?62.4% (Census 2011)