# Chukiya Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Chukiya

Chukiya is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,624 people in 180 households**, the 156th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,624people (2011)
- 180households
- 79.3%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chukiya

Of every 100 households in Chukiya in 2011, 53 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 93 had a mobile phone, 36 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Chukiya · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**82%

Tap water ****26%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**94%

Use banking services ****83%**

**80%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****93%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****36%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Chukiya?

■ Chukiya · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1201**

**920

Working population ****22.1%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 74.0% for women. 42% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (51%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 69 (19%) · **■** Marginal 3 (1%)

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

- Sherapatti1,644 people
- Domanpur1,636 people
- Khudavli1,632 people
- Dhadhwara Kalan1,629 people
- Dipaipur1,618 people
- Saidgorari1,614 people
- Nijampur1,612 people
- Asaitha Patti Navrang1,610 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chukiya?1,624 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chukiya in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chukiya?79.3% (Census 2011)