# Chauna Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Gangolihat, Pithoragarh 

# Chauna

Chauna is a village in Gangolihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **302 people in 66 households**, the 73rd largest of 312 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 302people (2011)
- 66households
- 70.4%literacy
- 1,204females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chauna

Of every 100 households in Chauna in 2011, 98 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chauna · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**48%

Tap water ****100%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****23%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**79%

Use banking services ****83%**

**74%

Television ****47%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Chauna?

■ Chauna · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1204**

**1090

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****531**

**870

Working population ****36.1%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 61.5% for women. 31% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 99 (91%) · **■** Other work 8 (7%) · **■** Marginal 2 (2%)

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 Gangolihat

- Pipali Nigalti346 people
- Rawal Gaon339 people
- Kunlta332 people
- Sunkhola324 people
- Dasila Khet302 people
- Gwal302 people
- Oligaon298 people
- Birgoli294 people

[All 340 villages in Gangolihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/gangolihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chauna?302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauna in?Pithoragarh district (Gangolihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chauna?70.4% (Census 2011)