# Chiraha Village, Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehdawal, Sant Kabir Nagar 

# Chiraha

Chiraha is a village in Mehdawal sub-district of Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **641 people in 96 households**, the 248th largest of 454 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.7%.

- 641people (2011)
- 96households
- 49.5%literacy
- 858females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chiraha

Of every 100 households in Chiraha in 2011, 5 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chiraha · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****55%**

**78%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**8%

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 Chiraha?

■ Chiraha · ■ Mehdawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.5%**

**60.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****858**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**941

Working population ****19.8%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 29.3% for women. 33% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 108 (85%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 16 (13%)

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 Mehdawal

- Singorahi656 people
- Kati652 people
- Sonaura645 people
- Bishunpur Kachhar641 people
- Rajaur641 people
- Bhulki636 people
- Bairihwa634 people
- Chhapia Angad634 people

[All 518 villages in Mehdawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-kabir-nagar/mehdawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chiraha?641 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chiraha in?Sant Kabir Nagar district (Mehdawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chiraha?49.5% (Census 2011)