# Chaukhuna Village, Berinag, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Berinag, Pithoragarh 

# Chaukhuna

Chaukhuna is a village in Berinag sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **175 people in 40 households**, the 94th largest of 283 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 175people (2011)
- 40households
- 90.1%literacy
- 1,108females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaukhuna

Of every 100 households in Chaukhuna in 2011, 89 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaukhuna · ■ Berinag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**57%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**42%

Tap water ****66%**

**73%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**39%

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

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**74%

Use banking services ****100%**

**84%

Television ****11%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****51%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**90%

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 Chaukhuna?

■ Chaukhuna · ■ Berinag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.1%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1108**

**1073

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1300**

**806

Working population ****42.3%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 86.1% for women. 39% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 60 (81%) · **■** Other work 6 (8%) · **■** Marginal 8 (11%)

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 Berinag

- Chama188 people
- Kuri183 people
- Moradi180 people
- Gangora176 people
- Maitoli173 people
- Kala Sil172 people
- Sunyura172 people
- Lachhima171 people

[All 299 villages in Berinag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/berinag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaukhuna?175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaukhuna in?Pithoragarh district (Berinag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaukhuna?90.1% (Census 2011)