# Chaura Village, Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Ghansali, Tehri Garhwal 

# Chaura

Chaura is a village in Ghansali sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **390 people in 78 households**, the 128th largest of 292 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 390people (2011)
- 78households
- 76.2%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chaura

Of every 100 households in Chaura in 2011, 72 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 44 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chaura · ■ Ghansali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**50%

Tap water ****96%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****44%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****56%**

**75%

Use banking services ****100%**

**89%

Television ****38%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 · ■ Ghansali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**1216

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**921

Working population ****52.8%**

**47.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.8% for men and 61.4% for women. 48% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (14%) · **■** Marginal 175 (85%)

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 Ghansali

- Bhatwara400 people
- Myar396 people
- Gahar394 people
- Ghansali392 people
- Khirbel390 people
- Dewat388 people
- Gangi386 people
- Kothar384 people

[All 303 villages in Ghansali](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/ghansali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chaura?390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaura in?Tehri Garhwal district (Ghansali sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Chaura?76.2% (Census 2011)