# Chitaura Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Chitaura

Chitaura is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,678 people in 255 households**, the 121st largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 1,678people (2011)
- 255households
- 73.1%literacy
- 1,041females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chitaura

Of every 100 households in Chitaura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chitaura · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**34%

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

**19%

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

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****78%**

**82%

Television ****42%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**19%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**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 Chitaura?

■ Chitaura · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1041**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**899

Working population ****20.7%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 62.3% for women. 37% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 234 (67%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (3%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 89 (26%)

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

- Shahpur1,728 people
- Bhai1,723 people
- Udpur1,712 people
- Pali Shambhupur1,701 people
- Dhaneshri1,662 people
- Sutwalpur1,657 people
- Goghari1,630 people
- Koailar1,628 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chitaura?1,678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chitaura in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chitaura?73.1% (Census 2011)