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

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Village · Kanpur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Chiran

Chiran is a village in Kanpur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,182 people in 229 households**, the 143rd largest of 252 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.0%.

- 1,182people (2011)
- 229households
- 38.9%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chiran

Of every 100 households in Chiran in 2011, 17 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chiran · ■ Kanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**87%

Use banking services ****77%**

**73%

Television ****10%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Chiran?

■ Chiran · ■ Kanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.9%**

**75.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****782**

**885

Working population ****34.0%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.3% for men and 34.0% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (47%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (9%) · **■** Marginal 173 (43%)

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

- Bagdodhikachhar&Pargahi Kachha1,239 people
- Chhauki1,231 people
- Semarua1,220 people
- Lodhar1,199 people
- Haraha1,181 people
- Baghara1,179 people
- Tirma1,177 people
- Tajpur1,168 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chiran?1,182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chiran in?Kanpur Nagar district (Kanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chiran?38.9% (Census 2011)