About Chaukiya Village

Chaukiya is a mid sized village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,574, made up of 821 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares.

Chaukiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukiya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	1,574
Male Population	821
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaukiya compares

By the 2011 count Chaukiya is the 36th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Chaukiya

Chaukiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaukiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaukiya from other places

Chaukiya lies about 22 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Twining Ganj, about 2.3 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 Chaukiya
Nearest railway station	Twining Ganj	2.3 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simri	10 km
District headquarters	Buxar	22 km

Villages closest to Chaukiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri 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 Chaukiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukiya village had a population of 1,574. That makes it the 36th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Chaukiya village has 821 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukiya has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Chaukiya covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chaukiya falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chaukiya is Twining Ganj, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaukiya.

Chaukiya is about 22 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukiya is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Twining Ganj is about 2.3 km away. Dumraon is about 5.7 km away. Simri is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.