# Chigauna Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Chigauna

Chigauna is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **392 people in 71 households**, the 232nd largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 392people (2011)
- 71households
- 93.6%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chigauna

Of every 100 households in Chigauna in 2011, 44 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chigauna · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**54%

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

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****99%**

**83%

Television ****24%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chigauna?

■ Chigauna · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.6%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**902

Working population ****26.5%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.8% for men and 89.0% for women. 45% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 97 (93%)

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

- Belaura422 people
- Bikura416 people
- Belhar Mafi408 people
- Kusmaul408 people
- Daftari383 people
- Maheshkundul380 people
- Neusa368 people
- Suraulia368 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chigauna?392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chigauna in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chigauna?93.6% (Census 2011)