# Chaukian Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Chaukian

Chaukian is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,573 people in 236 households**, the 155th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,573people (2011)
- 236households
- 66.7%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukian

Of every 100 households in Chaukian in 2011, 20 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaukian · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

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

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**93%

Use banking services ****88%**

**82%

Television ****42%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chaukian?

■ Chaukian · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**912

Working population ****37.3%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 53.9% for women. 44% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 357 (61%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 115 (20%) · **■** Marginal 27 (5%)

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 Kerakat

- Saraiya1,596 people
- Banjarepur1,593 people
- Kusanw1,588 people
- Jamsar1,574 people
- Chauri1,564 people
- Barmalpur1,554 people
- Paruwa1,512 people
- Kardaha1,494 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukian?1,573 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukian in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukian?66.7% (Census 2011)