# Chowk Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Chowk

Chowk is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **9,821 people in 1,521 households**, the 5th largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 9,821people (2011)
- 1,521households
- 62.0%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chowk

Of every 100 households in Chowk in 2011, 16 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Chowk · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**19%

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

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**80%

Tap water ****55%**

**42%

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

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****76%**

**84%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**8%

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 Chowk?

■ Chowk · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.0%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**928

Working population ****36.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 47.3% for women. 47% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 601 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 788 (22%) · **■** Household industry 65 (2%) · **■** Other work 588 (16%) · **■** Marginal 1,527 (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 Maharajganj

- Bagapar14,568 people
- Dhnewa Dhanei13,341 people
- Paratawal12,103 people
- Jungal Dudhai Urf Chehri9,890 people
- Paniyara9,256 people
- Medanipur9,110 people
- Barahara Baraipar8,837 people
- Karmha8,786 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chowk?9,821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chowk in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chowk?62.0% (Census 2011)