# Chitawan Village, Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Machhlishahr, Jaunpur 

# Chitawan

Chitawan is a village in Machhlishahr sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,640 people in 427 households**, the 60th largest of 504 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 2,640people (2011)
- 427households
- 60.9%literacy
- 1,180females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitawan

Of every 100 households in Chitawan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chitawan · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**34%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****77%**

**84%

Television ****17%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Chitawan?

■ Chitawan · ■ Machhlishahr rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1180**

**1046

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**924

Working population ****14.0%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 47.8% for women. 23% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 12 (3%) · **■** Marginal 353 (95%)

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 Machhlishahr

- Vaserawa2,716 people
- Bara Gaon2,696 people
- Gariyawan2,661 people
- Amara2,654 people
- Burhansapur2,622 people
- Ram Nagar2,612 people
- Kamasin2,597 people
- Amaien2,545 people

[All 513 villages in Machhlishahr](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/machhlishahr/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitawan?2,640 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitawan in?Jaunpur district (Machhlishahr sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chitawan?60.9% (Census 2011)