# Chanhar Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Chanhar

Chanhar is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **483 people in 80 households**, the 405th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 483people (2011)
- 80households
- 71.1%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chanhar

Of every 100 households in Chanhar in 2011, 19 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chanhar · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****77%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**91%

Use banking services ****94%**

**80%

Television ****15%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

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

**7%

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 Chanhar?

■ Chanhar · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.1%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****733**

**904

Working population ****23.2%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 57.6% for women. 38% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 19 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (5%) · **■** Other work 55 (49%) · **■** Marginal 32 (29%)

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 Khajni

- Lona Nagar488 people
- Kasihara487 people
- Ajamata486 people
- Katya484 people
- Rajwala480 people
- Sahijana479 people
- Ultha Bujurag478 people
- Mahuapar477 people

[All 769 villages in Khajni](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/khajni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chanhar?483 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chanhar in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chanhar?71.1% (Census 2011)