# Chakshah Gayas Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Chakshah Gayas

Chakshah Gayas is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **998 people in 126 households**, the 246th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 998people (2011)
- 126households
- 50.9%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chakshah Gayas

Of every 100 households in Chakshah Gayas in 2011, 11 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chakshah Gayas · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**82%

Tap water ****48%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**45%

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

**4%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****70%**

**80%

Television ****9%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**6%

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 Chakshah Gayas?

■ Chakshah Gayas · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**920

Working population ****37.3%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.7% for men and 35.9% for women. 45% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (45%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (1%) · **■** Marginal 140 (38%)

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 Shahganj

- Sonara1,020 people
- Jamdamipur1,015 people
- Bheurha Kalan1,007 people
- Newada1,003 people
- Kareempur Bind998 people
- Chakmaroof Pur994 people
- Lateefpur982 people
- Majhaura973 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chakshah Gayas?998 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chakshah Gayas in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chakshah Gayas?50.9% (Census 2011)