About Chaunka Village

Chaunka is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 69 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaunka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaunka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176301
Area (hectares)	350.2 hectares
Population	126
Male Population	69
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	826
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaunka compares

By the 2011 count Chaunka is the 87th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 350.2 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1025.

Getting to Chaunka

Chaunka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chaunka as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chaunka from other places

Chaunka lies about 26 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 24 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 Chaunka
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	24 km
District headquarters	Chamba	26 km

Villages closest to Chaunka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaunka village had a population of 126. That makes it the 87th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Chaunka village has 69 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaunka has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Chaunka is 176301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaunka covers 350.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaunka falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaunka is Nurpur Road, about 24 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chaunka.

Chaunka is about 26 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaunka is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 10 km away. Nurpur Road is about 24 km away. Chamba is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.