# Shiva Pur Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Shiva Pur

Shiva Pur is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,595 people in 664 households**, the 32nd largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 3,595people (2011)
- 664households
- 50.6%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shiva Pur

Of every 100 households in Shiva Pur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Shiva Pur · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**30%

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

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**82%

Tap water ****72%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**41%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****51%**

**78%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**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 Shiva Pur?

■ Shiva Pur · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**914

Working population ****39.7%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 37.8% for women. 46% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 47 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 262 (18%) · **■** Household industry 105 (7%) · **■** Other work 339 (24%) · **■** Marginal 675 (47%)

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

- Bal Bujurg3,822 people
- Bilari3,790 people
- Dumari Khurd3,727 people
- Lakshman Pur3,600 people
- Ram Pur3,511 people
- Rampur3,448 people
- Phulawaria3,338 people
- Dubauli3,182 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shiva Pur?3,595 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shiva Pur in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shiva Pur?50.6% (Census 2011)