# Chilawna Village, Khajni, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Khajni, Gorakhpur 

# Chilawna

Chilawna is a village in Khajni sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,048 people in 169 households**, the 180th largest of 694 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 1,048people (2011)
- 169households
- 78.3%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chilawna

Of every 100 households in Chilawna in 2011, 8 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chilawna · ■ Khajni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**82%

Tap water ****62%**

**41%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****91%**

**80%

Television ****18%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**7%

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 Chilawna?

■ Chilawna · ■ Khajni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**904

Working population ****23.0%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 62.4% for women. 32% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 124 (51%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 32 (13%) · **■** Marginal 67 (28%)

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

- Dhabia1,071 people
- Raghuadih1,069 people
- Kathaicha Bindan1,057 people
- Bhitaha1,054 people
- Jaswanpur1,044 people
- Haradar Bujurg1,043 people
- Tama1,041 people
- Bandhur1,024 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chilawna?1,048 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chilawna in?Gorakhpur district (Khajni sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chilawna?78.3% (Census 2011)