# Chaura Village, Bhognipur, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhognipur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Bhognipur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,148 people in 196 households**, the 121st largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,148people (2011)
- 196households
- 72.1%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 13 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 15 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Bhognipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**12%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**70%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**94%

Use banking services ****89%**

**73%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****5%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****15%**

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**15%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Bhognipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**867

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**900

Working population ****26.2%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 62.0% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (51%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 23 (8%) · **■** Marginal 75 (25%)

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 Bhognipur

- Jagdishpur1,192 people
- Lewamau1,183 people
- Bihari1,162 people
- Chauki1,149 people
- Kunwarpur1,121 people
- Bid Khuri1,117 people
- Keotra Bangar1,103 people
- Akabarnagar1,085 people

[All 218 villages in Bhognipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/bhognipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?1,148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Kanpur Dehat district (Bhognipur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?72.1% (Census 2011)