About Chaumukha Village

Chaumukha is one of the larger villages in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,069, made up of 3,242 males and 2,827 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 642.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaumukha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaumukha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Jogapatti
Pincode	845452
Area (hectares)	642.6 hectares
Population	6,069
Male Population	3,242
Female Population	2,827
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaumukha compares

By the 2011 count Chaumukha is the 8th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 642.6 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Chaumukha

Chaumukha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaumukha as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chaumukha from other places

Chaumukha lies about 18 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Prajapati, about 16 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 Chaumukha
Tehsil headquarters	Jogapatti	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Prajapati	16 km
Nearest town	Bettiah	17 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	18 km

Villages closest to Chaumukha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaumukha village had a population of 6,069. That makes it the 8th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Chaumukha village has 3,242 males and 2,827 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaumukha has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Chaumukha is 845452. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaumukha covers 642.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chaumukha falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chaumukha is Prajapati, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chaumukha.

Chaumukha is about 18 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaumukha is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jogapatti is about 2.7 km away. Prajapati is about 16 km away. Bettiah is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.