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Chaura Population - Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Chaura is a medium size village located in Gangolihat Tehsil of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand with total 56 families residing. The Chaura village has population of 230 of which 106 are males while 124 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 13.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaura village is 1170 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaura as per census is 938, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Chaura village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaura village was 69.85 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Chaura Male literacy stands at 85.56 % while female literacy rate was 56.88 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chaura village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chaura village.

Chaura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 56 - -
Population 230 106 124
Child (0-6) 31 16 15
Schedule Caste 115 54 61
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.85 % 85.56 % 56.88 %
Total Workers 120 48 72
Main Worker 4 - -
Marginal Worker 116 47 69

Caste Factor

In Chaura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.00 % of total population in Chaura village. The village Chaura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaura village out of total population, 120 were engaged in work activities. 3.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 120 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.