Village · Sikandra Rao, Mahamaya Nagar
# Chhonkara

Chhonkara is a village in Sikandra Rao sub-district of Mahamaya Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,423 people in 268 households, the 79th largest of 158 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.8%.
- 1,423 people (2011)
- 268 households
- 65.0% literacy
- 928 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhonkara

Of every 100 households in Chhonkara in 2011, 4 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chhonkara · ■ Sikandra Rao rural average
- Electricity for lighting 4% 21%
- Toilet within the home 4% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 87%
- Tap water 17% 23%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 50%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 94%
- Use banking services 48% 67%
- Television 19% 24%
- Mobile phone 42% 65%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 36% 14%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Chhonkara?

■ Chhonkara · ■ Sikandra Rao rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 65.0% 67.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 928 871
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 915 871
- Working population 25.1% 31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.6% for men and 51.5% for women. 45% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 38 (11%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (1%) · ■ Household industry 3 (1%) · ■ Other work 23 (6%) · ■ Marginal 291 (82%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sikandra Rao
- Nagla Govind Urf Naujarpur 1,611 people
- Arifpur Bhogpur 1,528 people
- Lodhepur Patti Devari 1,520 people
- Pichhauti 1,434 people
- Paindapur 1,401 people
- Shankarpur 1,393 people
- Haitha Raghunathpur 1,380 people
- Bapandai 1,336 people

All 162 villages in Sikandra Rao

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Chhonkara? 1,423 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhonkara in? Mahamaya Nagar district (Sikandra Rao sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chhonkara? 65.0% (Census 2011)

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