# Chaukhara Village, Marihan, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Marihan, Mirzapur 

# Chaukhara

Chaukhara is a village in Marihan sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,481 people in 286 households**, the 56th largest of 211 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.0%.

- 1,481people (2011)
- 286households
- 66.1%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukhara

Of every 100 households in Chaukhara in 2011, 18 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chaukhara · ■ Marihan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**85%

Television ****27%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****11%**

**14%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chaukhara?

■ Chaukhara · ■ Marihan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.1%**

**61.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****982**

**939

Working population ****41.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 56.6% for women. 51% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 129 (21%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 40 (7%) · **■** Marginal 351 (57%)

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 Marihan

- Rampur Baraho1,578 people
- Atari1,534 people
- Naudiha Halalpur1,517 people
- Patehara Khurd1,483 people
- Dadara Mu. Rampur1,447 people
- Gulalpur1,419 people
- Malua1,412 people
- Rampur 381,399 people

[All 221 villages in Marihan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/marihan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukhara?1,481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukhara in?Mirzapur district (Marihan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukhara?66.1% (Census 2011)