# Chaf Village, Tamkuhi Raj, Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Tamkuhi Raj, Kushinagar 

# Chaf

Chaf is a village in Tamkuhi Raj sub-district of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,868 people in 1,054 households**, the 19th largest of 372 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 6,868people (2011)
- 1,054households
- 50.0%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaf

Of every 100 households in Chaf in 2011, 12 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chaf · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**83%

Tap water ****3%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****45%**

**83%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Chaf?

■ Chaf · ■ Tamkuhi Raj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.0%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**937

Working population ****34.0%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.6% for men and 36.6% for women. 45% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 304 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 386 (17%) · **■** Household industry 57 (2%) · **■** Other work 97 (4%) · **■** Marginal 1,494 (64%)

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 Tamkuhi Raj

- Ghazipur7,684 people
- Mahuawa Buzurg7,352 people
- Rakaba Dulama Patti7,214 people
- Tamakuhi Raj7,046 people
- Pakriyarpurab Patti6,748 people
- Baikunthpur6,710 people
- Mathiamafi Urf Dukhi Ganeshpur6,423 people
- Razpur Bagaha6,314 people

[All 384 villages in Tamkuhi Raj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kushinagar/tamkuhi-raj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaf?6,868 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaf in?Kushinagar district (Tamkuhi Raj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaf?50.0% (Census 2011)