# Sikar Garh Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Sikar Garh

Sikar Garh is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **575 people in 94 households**, the 169th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 575people (2011)
- 94households
- 66.0%literacy
- 1,099females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikar Garh

Of every 100 households in Sikar Garh in 2011, 16 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Sikar Garh · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****10%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**92%

Use banking services ****61%**

**78%

Television ****9%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Sikar Garh?

■ Sikar Garh · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1099**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**914

Working population ****20.9%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 54.0% for women. 42% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (48%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 13 (11%)

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

- Gorsaira624 people
- Sugha613 people
- Rautainiya Babu590 people
- Gobdaura584 people
- Palia569 people
- Bharohia551 people
- Pakar Pura550 people
- Mirjawa Babu533 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikar Garh?575 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikar Garh in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikar Garh?66.0% (Census 2011)