# Chaura Village, Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Aurai sub-district of Sant Ravidas Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **608 people in 75 households**, the 199th largest of 320 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 608people (2011)
- 75households
- 50.5%literacy
- 1,330females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 26 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Aurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**84%

Tap water ****26%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**92%

Use banking services ****61%**

**76%

Television ****38%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****0%**

**9%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Chaura?

■ Chaura · ■ Aurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1330**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1137**

**904

Working population ****23.8%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 40.1% for women. 23% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 18 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (10%) · **■** Household industry 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 49 (34%) · **■** Marginal 57 (39%)

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 Aurai

- Basupur Uparwar622 people
- Banwaripur620 people
- Chak Jodhi613 people
- Pure Pratap613 people
- Banmalipur606 people
- Chakjurawan604 people
- Jawsanpur600 people
- Leelapur599 people

[All 358 villages in Aurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-ravidas-nagar/aurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?608 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Sant Ravidas Nagar district (Aurai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?50.5% (Census 2011)