Chausa (also spelled as Chowsah) is a town and corresponding community development block in Buxar district, Bihar, India. It is located 11 km west of the district headquarters, Buxar, on the bank of the river Ganga. As of 2011, the population of the village of Chausa was 9,011, in 1,362 households, while the total block population was 103,670, in 15,817 households.
The area is famous as the site of the Battle of Chausa, in which the forces of Sher Shah Suri defeated Mughal emperor Humayun's army in 1539. It was also the site of discovery of the Chausa hoard, a set of 18 ancient Jain bronzes. According to the old records of Chausa we get to know that Chausa was established by Sakarwar Rajput of Kamsar region who adopted Islam in 1500ADs.
Battle of Chausa The Battle of Chausa (25 June 1539) took place between Mughal Emperor Humayun and Sher Shah Suri (Sher Khan). In this battle Humayun got defeated.
Demographics
Chausa is an entirely rural block, with no major urban centres. The sex ratio of the block in 2011 was 916, lower than the Buxar district ratio of 922. The sex ratio was higher among the 0-6 age group, with 935 females for every 1000 males. Members of scheduled castes constituted 17.31% of the block's population, and members of scheduled tribes made up 1.39%. The literacy rate of the block was 71.27%, slightly above the district rate of 70.14%, with a 22.99% gender literacy gap between men (82.24%) and women (59.25%). Chausa block also had the highest literacy rate among scheduled castes populations (62.56%) among blocks in Buxar district.
Employment A majority of workers in Chausa block were employed in agriculture in 2011, with 24.19% being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and another 52.68% being agricultural labourers who worked another person's land for wages. A further 4.72% were household industry workers, and the remaining 18.42% were other workers.
Transport Chausa possesses permanent pucca roads connected to both national and state highways. The village also has access to railway transport. Direct trains are available from major cities of country. Chausa Railway Station, Barakalan Railway Station are the very nearby railway stations to Chausa. The distance from Buxar Railway station is 11 km and Patna Airport/Railway 138 km and from Varanasi airport 127 km.
Villages Chausa block contains 82 villages, including Chausa itself. Of these, 57 are inhabited and 25 are uninhabited: Village name Total land area (hectares) Population (in 2011) Betbandh 93 0 Sharifpur 80 161 Nawagawan 47 640 Sauwanbandh 93 353 Dhundhani 138 369 Madanpura 13 0 Jokahi 47 418 Bahabuddin Chak 62 0 Mahmudpur 15 0 Narbatpur 289 4,376 Chausa (block headquarters) 268 9,011 Salarpur 73 0 Chundi 529 3,609 Kashipur 102 416 Bechanpurwa 257 779 Baghelwa 151 904 Mahdewa 119 0 Madhopur 21 0 Dharamaghatpur 40 300 Nyayapur 114 1,950 Kanak Narayanpur 117 1,333 Narainapur 21 744 Akhauripur 91 2,331 Jalwandei 22 0 Khelafatpur 162 1,242 Konia 17 0 Banarpur 298 5,192 Sikraur 270 4,839 Khorampur 150 0 Mohanpurwa 85 401 Kocharhi 102 2,489 Jagdishpur 114 47 Sarenja 424 8,483 Kusrupa 118 2,051 Tikaitpur 42 0 Ora 193 904 Pithari 161 1,030 Burhadih 178 1,395 Hafizwa 53 0 Rajapur 153 2,087 Goshainpur 127 1,555 Kathtar 441 814 Jalilpur 564 4,992 Sonpa 442 4,432 Puraina 176 284 Isapur 55 183 Nawar 113 992 Sauri 74 699 Paliya 123 1,683 Kharagpura 110 1,670 Hinguhi 17 0 Rohinibhavan 86 1,543 Bhilampur 114 0 Dehri 617 7,759 Kusahi 99 0 Holartikar 53 329 Alawalpur 84 0 Balbhaddarpur 59 0 Rampur Khurd 61 0 Rampur 471 4,356 Bairampur 57.9 0 Mianpur 99 0 Manipur 57 0 Tiwaya 237.6 2,230 Dharampur 44 634 Debi Dehra 101 541 Alawalpur 51 91 Gopalpur 29 362 Sagra 160 857 Nikris 168 1,349 Bhadua 58 0 Bishunpur 89 0 Rasulpur 66 257 Deuriya 181 290 Pauni 266 3,578 Mahuari 91 1,171 Khemrajpur 44 0 Kathgharwa 91 1,161 Husenpur 125 314 Bahadurpur 59 1,237 Hadipur 64 453 Narbatpur Taufir (unsurveyed) 46 0
Nearby places Buxar Varanasi Patna Ghazipur
See also Chausa Canal
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