# Chauri Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Chauri

Chauri is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **176 people in 30 households**, the 260th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 176people (2011)
- 30households
- 66.0%literacy
- 853females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chauri

Of every 100 households in Chauri in 2011, 27 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chauri · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**78%

Tap water ****70%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**54%

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

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**85%

Use banking services ****77%**

**83%

Television ****23%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Chauri?

■ Chauri · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

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

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****853**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**902

Working population ****55.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 50.7% for women. 54% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (43%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (5%) · **■** Marginal 42 (43%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Piprahi192 people
- Bagla Khore182 people
- Kakuwapar181 people
- Rehara Jot179 people
- Kotia176 people
- Amauli173 people
- Kusmha Kala171 people
- Kotha170 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chauri?176 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauri in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chauri?66.0% (Census 2011)