# Chaura Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Gangolihat, Pithoragarh 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Gangolihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **230 people in 56 households**, the 107th largest of 312 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 230people (2011)
- 56households
- 69.8%literacy
- 1,170females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 93 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**48%

Tap water ****50%**

**68%

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

**17%

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

**19%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****87%**

**74%

Television ****20%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**34%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.8%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1170**

**1090

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**870

Working population ****52.2%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.6% for men and 56.9% for women. 45% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 116 (97%)

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

- Bans239 people
- Bala Kuncha233 people
- Paltori232 people
- Anoli231 people
- Sukana229 people
- Bajyura224 people
- Dubola Bitola224 people
- Tulakhand220 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?230 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Pithoragarh district (Gangolihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?69.8% (Census 2011)