About Chok Village

Chok is a mid sized village in Palitana tehsil, in the district of Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,833, made up of 975 males and 858 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1510.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 364510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chok village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Bhavnagar
Tehsil	Palitana
Pincode	364510
Area (hectares)	1510.28 hectares
Population	1,833
Male Population	975
Female Population	858
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chok compares

By the 2011 count Chok is the 40th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,822 residents. Its 1510.28 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Chok

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

Chok lies about 56 km from Bhavnagar. 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 Chok
Tehsil headquarters	Palitana	14 km
Nearest town	Pālitāna	14 km
District headquarters	Bhavnagar	56 km

Villages closest to Chok

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chok village had a population of 1,833. That makes it the 40th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,822 residents.

Chok village has 975 males and 858 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chok has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Chok is 364510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chok covers 1510.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chok falls under Palitana tehsil of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat.

The census record for Chok notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chok.

Chok is about 56 km from Bhavnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chok is in Palitana tehsil of Bhavnagar district. Palitana is about 14 km away. Pālitāna is about 14 km away. Bhavnagar is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.