# Chaura Village, Bageshwar, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Bageshwar, Bageshwar 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Bageshwar sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **458 people in 111 households**, the 41st largest of 378 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 458people (2011)
- 111households
- 79.7%literacy
- 1,111females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 86 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 63 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Bageshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**37%

Tap water ****94%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****63%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****35%**

**72%

Use banking services ****92%**

**83%

Television ****63%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**93%

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 · ■ Bageshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1111**

**1051

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**859

Working population ****45.9%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 66.8% for women. 40% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 15 (7%) · **■** Other work 60 (29%) · **■** Marginal 8 (4%)

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 Bageshwar

- Bilori477 people
- Baidibagar471 people
- Matela471 people
- Chhauna468 people
- Kaphalkhet458 people
- Magrau Pahri457 people
- Pana452 people
- Karuli448 people

[All 414 villages in Bageshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/bageshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Bageshwar district (Bageshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?79.7% (Census 2011)