About Chaukna Village

Chaukna is a small village in Deo tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 182 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.6 hectares hectares.

Chaukna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukna village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Deo
Area (hectares)	84.6 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	182
Female Population	176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaukna compares

By the 2011 count Chaukna is the 96th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents. Its 84.6 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Chaukna

Chaukna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chaukna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaukna from other places

Chaukna lies about 4.8 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 15 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Chaukna
District headquarters	Aurangabad	4.8 km
Nearest town	Aurangābād	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deo	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt	15 km

Villages closest to Chaukna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Deo tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Chaukna

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukna village had a population of 358. That makes it the 96th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents.

Chaukna village has 182 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukna has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 946.

Chaukna covers 84.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukna falls under Deo tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chaukna is Dewariya Kurmha Naresh Halt, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chaukna.

Chaukna is about 4.8 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukna is in Deo tehsil of Aurangabad district. Aurangabad is about 4.8 km away. Aurangābād is about 4.8 km away. Deo is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.