# Chhirka Village, Maudaha, Hamirpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maudaha, Hamirpur 

# Chhirka

Chhirka is a village in Maudaha sub-district of Hamirpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,376 people in 622 households**, the 25th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.8%.

- 3,376people (2011)
- 622households
- 63.0%literacy
- 832females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhirka

Of every 100 households in Chhirka in 2011, 34 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chhirka · ■ Maudaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**70%

Tap water ****21%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**16%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****35%**

**75%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**21%

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 Chhirka?

■ Chhirka · ■ Maudaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**67.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****832**

**854

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****975**

**894

Working population ****46.9%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.6% for men and 47.4% for women. 54% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 238 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,001 (63%) · **■** Household industry 33 (2%) · **■** Other work 166 (10%) · **■** Marginal 147 (9%)

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 Maudaha

- Gusyari3,770 people
- Kunethta3,601 people
- Kamehriya3,509 people
- Bajehta Danda3,443 people
- Mahera3,364 people
- Parchhachh3,326 people
- Masgaon3,312 people
- Bhandhur Buzurg3,070 people

[All 176 villages in Maudaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/hamirpur/maudaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhirka?3,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhirka in?Hamirpur district (Maudaha sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chhirka?63.0% (Census 2011)