# Chaura Village, Jakholi*, Rudraprayag (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Jakholi*, Rudraprayag 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Jakholi* sub-district of Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **496 people in 112 households**, the 48th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 496people (2011)
- 112households
- 79.6%literacy
- 1,224females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 90 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Jakholi* rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**91%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**54%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**23%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**76%

Use banking services ****74%**

**81%

Television ****45%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**21%

Own their home ****91%**

**96%

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 · ■ Jakholi* rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1224**

**1186

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**919

Working population ****42.1%**

**48.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 70.3% for women. 40% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 162 (78%) · **■** Other work 33 (16%) · **■** Marginal 14 (7%)

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 Jakholi*

- Dhar Kuri507 people
- Tat500 people
- Utarsu499 people
- Kot497 people
- Dangwal Gaon495 people
- Khor487 people
- Kirora Malla473 people
- Dobh472 people

[All 138 villages in Jakholi*](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/rudraprayag/jakholi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Rudraprayag district (Jakholi* sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?79.6% (Census 2011)