# Cherapur Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Cherapur

Cherapur is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,530 people in 258 households**, the 139th largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 1,530people (2011)
- 258households
- 67.1%literacy
- 1,087females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Cherapur

Of every 100 households in Cherapur in 2011, 11 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Cherapur · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**28%

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

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****88%**

**82%

Television ****16%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Cherapur?

■ Cherapur · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1087**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**899

Working population ****36.3%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 51.4% for women. 44% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 136 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (35%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 85 (15%) · **■** Marginal 133 (24%)

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

- Siswa1,586 people
- Chauka1,578 people
- Tari1,568 people
- Phatehpur Katauna1,555 people
- Patirajpur1,521 people
- Prasadpur1,520 people
- Dallipur1,489 people
- Tilawar1,489 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Cherapur?1,530 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Cherapur in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Cherapur?67.1% (Census 2011)