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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY SONKAR
Contact: 88****7266
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- LGD code
- 180238
- Pincode
- 272130
- Post office
- Parasrampur
- Population
- 131
- Households
- 22
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Sex ratio
- 871 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 37
Census 2011 · in context
How Chorha compares
By population, Chorha ranks #1259 of 1527 villages in Harraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.4%
−5.5% vs mandal average
Chorha50.4%
Harraiya mandal55.9%
Basti district56.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
871
−96 vs mandal average
Chorha871
Harraiya mandal967
Household size
people per home
6.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
Chorha6.0
Harraiya mandal6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chorha at a glance
Chorha is a village of 131 people in 22 households (Census 2011) in Harraiya tehsil, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 1259th-largest of 1527 villages in Harraiya tehsil. Literacy is 50%, 6 points below the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 871 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 272130, served by Parasrampur post office; the LGD village code is 180238. The sarpanch is AJAY SONKAR, and the village votes in Sandila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alka Singh. The population is estimated at 154 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karcholiya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorha · this village | 131 | 50% | — |
| Kathavatiya · Harraiya | 1,221 | 69% | — |
| Kalyanpur · Harraiya | 427 | 63% | — |
| Kajri Kunj · Harraiya | 155 | 45% | — |
| Saraiya Taufeer · Harraiya | 7 | 29% | — |
| Khobhiya · Harraiya | 1 | 100% | — |
| Achakwapur · Harraiya | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chorha
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 6
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 17
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 20
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KASWOKIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 57.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 51.58
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chorha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chorha
- LGD code
- 180238
- Pincode
- 272130
- Post office
- Parasrampur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 131
- Population (projected 2026)
- 154
- Households
- 22
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 871
- Literacy rate
- 50.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandila
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alka Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY SONKAR
- Block / Mandal
- Harraiya
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 272130
- RaghunathpurHarraiya mandal3,465 pop
- Nagpur KunwarHarraiya mandal2,915 pop
- Hari GaonHarraiya mandal2,468 pop
- Parsu RampurHarraiya mandal2,461 pop
- DharampurHarraiya mandal2,083 pop
- NedulaHarraiya mandal2,028 pop
- Salempur PandayHarraiya mandal2,002 pop
- KohraoyeHarraiya mandal1,991 pop
- Padari BabuHarraiya mandal1,965 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Chorha
Looking for a different Chorha? 7 other villages share this name across India. All villages named Chorha →
- ChorhaKhalilabad · Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh1,678 pop
- ChorhaBangarmau · Unnao, Uttar Pradesh1,490 pop
- ChorhaGaru · Latehar, Jharkhand1,042 pop
- ChorhaMayur Hand · Chatra, Jharkhand684 pop
- ChorhaPali · Umaria, Madhya Pradesh318 pop
- ChorhaKargahar · Rohtas, Bihar0 pop
- ChorhaBhilai-3 · Durg, Chhattisgarh
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Chorha
Other villages in Harraiya mandal
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- Baragal
- Jagannathpur
- Unji Mustahakam
- Shankarpur Tappa Belwa
- Bangawa Khas
- Raghunathpur
- Malauli Gosai
- Ramgarh Khas
- Shau Deeh
- Dharmupur
- Haidarabad
- Bihra
- Nagpur Kunwar
- Ubhanai
- Pakri Japti
- Belghat
- Jitipur Khas
- Ridhaura
- Belari Shukl
- Pokhra
- Belsar
- Mahua Dabar
- Kesarai
- Nakti Dei Bujurg
- Hardi Khas
- Nand Nagar
- Chauri
- Hari Gaon
- Nagpur Tikait
- Parsu Rampur
- Ratas Urf Kaptanganj
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)