# Chaura Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,362 people in 339 households**, the 81st largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 2,362people (2011)
- 339households
- 77.4%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 62 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**81%

Tap water ****4%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**30%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**93%

Use banking services ****90%**

**82%

Television ****54%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**912

Working population ****34.1%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 65.9% for women. 49% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (18%) · **■** Household industry 83 (10%) · **■** Other work 333 (41%) · **■** Marginal 192 (24%)

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

- Khujjhi2,403 people
- Bhaupur2,397 people
- Lohgajar2,392 people
- Makra2,371 people
- Bodari2,349 people
- Mathurapur Urf Kotwa2,349 people
- Udpur2,349 people
- Mehaura2,347 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?2,362 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?77.4% (Census 2011)