# Chaukiya Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Chaukiya

Chaukiya is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,500 people in 238 households**, the 148th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,500people (2011)
- 238households
- 62.5%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukiya

Of every 100 households in Chaukiya in 2011, 15 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chaukiya · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**72%

Tap water ****21%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**25%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**91%

Use banking services ****89%**

**73%

Television ****41%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Chaukiya?

■ Chaukiya · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**902

Working population ****50.1%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 49.2% for women. 56% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Farm labourers 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (3%) · **■** Marginal 715 (95%)

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 Chunar

- Biyarahi1,515 people
- Bagheri1,514 people
- Premapur Khurd1,511 people
- Bari Salahpur1,510 people
- Maripa1,497 people
- Belwari1,492 people
- Agarsand1,488 people
- Rasul Ganj1,487 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukiya?1,500 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukiya in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukiya?62.5% (Census 2011)