# Chorsand Village, Jaunpur, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jaunpur, Jaunpur 

# Chorsand

Chorsand is a village in Jaunpur sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,377 people in 834 households**, the 4th largest of 787 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.0%.

- 6,377people (2011)
- 834households
- 72.4%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chorsand

Of every 100 households in Chorsand in 2011, 28 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chorsand · ■ Jaunpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**79%

Tap water ****3%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****84%**

**83%

Television ****23%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**20%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chorsand?

■ Chorsand · ■ Jaunpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**72.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**1007

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1137**

**917

Working population ****22.4%**

**31.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.5% for men and 64.3% for women. 36% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 576 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 398 (28%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 166 (12%) · **■** Marginal 279 (19%)

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 Jaunpur

- Pariyawan9,223 people
- Kuddupur7,937 people
- Jamaitha7,813 people
- Dariyawganj5,913 people
- Hauj5,857 people
- Sehamalpur5,725 people
- Kalichabad5,614 people

[All 812 villages in Jaunpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/jaunpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chorsand?6,377 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chorsand in?Jaunpur district (Jaunpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chorsand?72.4% (Census 2011)