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

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Silhata

Silhata is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **781 people in 139 households**, the 155th largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 781people (2011)
- 139households
- 54.7%literacy
- 842females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silhata

Of every 100 households in Silhata in 2011, 26 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Silhata · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****99%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**41%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****90%**

**78%

Television ****15%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Silhata?

■ Silhata · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.7%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****842**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****723**

**914

Working population ****25.7%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 41.3% for women. 44% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 68 (34%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 44 (22%) · **■** Marginal 35 (17%)

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

- Pakardiha808 people
- Purnaha801 people
- Kata Sikra787 people
- Mirjawa Sardar787 people
- Diwa766 people
- Chakia761 people
- Mahdewa Adai715 people
- Markachha707 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Silhata?781 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silhata in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Silhata?54.7% (Census 2011)