# Chauka Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Chauka

Chauka is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,193 people in 197 households**, the 138th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 1,193people (2011)
- 197households
- 41.9%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chauka

Of every 100 households in Chauka in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chauka · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****45%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****66%**

**43%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****91%**

**85%

Television ****0%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Chauka?

■ Chauka · ■ Pharenda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.9%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**941

Working population ****50.1%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.1% for men and 26.7% for women. 49% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 201 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (32%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 197 (33%)

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 Pharenda

- Pipara Bari1,224 people
- Ratanpur Khurd1,224 people
- Bahduri1,223 people
- Pharenda Sarvjeet1,209 people
- Lavdaha1,190 people
- Harraiya1,188 people
- Gopalpur Tappa Lehra1,185 people
- Belauhi1,175 people

[All 233 villages in Pharenda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/pharenda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chauka?1,193 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauka in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chauka?41.9% (Census 2011)