About Chauki Village

Chauki is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 137 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,234 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauki village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176049
Area (hectares)	87.84 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	137
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,234
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauki compares

By the 2011 count Chauki is the 39th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 87.84 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Chauki

Chauki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chauki 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chauki from other places

Chauki lies about 29 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 41 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 Chauki
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	28 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	29 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	41 km

Villages closest to Chauki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauki village had a population of 306. That makes it the 39th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Chauki village has 137 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauki has about 1234 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Chauki is 176049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauki covers 87.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chauki falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauki is Olinda, about 41 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chauki.

Chauki is about 29 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauki is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Dhatwal is about 28 km away. Hamirpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.