# Chaurai Village, Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Chaurai

Chaurai is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,268 people in 598 households**, the 47th largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 3,268people (2011)
- 598households
- 73.8%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaurai

Of every 100 households in Chaurai in 2011, 33 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaurai · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**72%

Tap water ****19%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**28%

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

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**87%

Use banking services ****82%**

**73%

Television ****17%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Chaurai?

■ Chaurai · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**885

Working population ****28.4%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 67.9% for women. 45% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 131 (14%) · **■** Household industry 58 (6%) · **■** Other work 133 (14%) · **■** Marginal 520 (56%)

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 Kanpur

- Tikra Kanpur3,471 people
- Mardanpur3,454 people
- Hathigaon3,427 people
- Puranpur3,415 people
- Palibhogipur3,235 people
- Maholi3,089 people
- Sikathiya3,046 people
- Phuphuwarrajthok3,027 people

[All 279 villages in Kanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/kanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaurai?3,268 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaurai in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaurai?73.8% (Census 2011)