# Chaphan Village, Kosya Kutauli, Nainital (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kosya Kutauli, Nainital 

# Chaphan

Chaphan is a village in Kosya Kutauli sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **154 people in 36 households**, the 68th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 154people (2011)
- 36households
- 79.1%literacy
- 1,053females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaphan

Of every 100 households in Chaphan in 2011, 83 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaphan · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****83%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**22%

Tap water ****100%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**79%

Use banking services ****86%**

**80%

Television ****64%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****61%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**88%

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 Chaphan?

■ Chaphan · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.1%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1053**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**956

Working population ****52.6%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.3% for men and 66.7% for women. 49% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 70 (86%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 6 (7%) · **■** Marginal 4 (5%)

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 Kosya Kutauli

- Khalar189 people
- Kumati168 people
- Jajula167 people
- Tikuri155 people
- Jogyani146 people
- Sakdena141 people
- Simrarh136 people
- Nauna131 people

[All 126 villages in Kosya Kutauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/kosya-kutauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaphan?154 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaphan in?Nainital district (Kosya Kutauli sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaphan?79.1% (Census 2011)