# Chauka Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Chauka

Chauka is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,578 people in 231 households**, the 136th largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 1,578people (2011)
- 231households
- 78.4%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chauka

Of every 100 households in Chauka in 2011, 53 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chauka · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****95%**

**82%

Television ****57%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**19%

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

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****782**

**899

Working population ****24.4%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 71.3% for women. 42% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 28 (7%) · **■** Household industry 28 (7%) · **■** Other work 145 (38%) · **■** Marginal 131 (34%)

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 Pindra

- Karemua1,596 people
- Bishwanathpur1,595 people
- Harinathpur1,589 people
- Siswa1,586 people
- Tari1,568 people
- Phatehpur Katauna1,555 people
- Cherapur1,530 people
- Patirajpur1,521 people

[All 431 villages in Pindra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chauka?1,578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauka in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chauka?78.4% (Census 2011)