# Chhanja Village, Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Chhanja

Chhanja is a village in Ghatampur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,775 people in 350 households**, the 107th largest of 298 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,775people (2011)
- 350households
- 76.1%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhanja

Of every 100 households in Chhanja in 2011, 6 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chhanja · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**80%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Chhanja?

■ Chhanja · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.1%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**887

Working population ****33.1%**

**39.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 68.1% for women. 49% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (4%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 136 (23%) · **■** Marginal 256 (44%)

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 Ghatampur

- Haskar1,848 people
- Bandh1,830 people
- Sidhaul1,816 people
- Kumhediya1,777 people
- Barauli1,761 people
- Duhroo1,744 people
- Chitauli1,737 people
- Aseniyan1,718 people

[All 319 villages in Ghatampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/ghatampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhanja?1,775 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhanja in?Kanpur Nagar district (Ghatampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chhanja?76.1% (Census 2011)