About Chaunk Village

Chaunk is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 50 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaunk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaunk village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177041
Area (hectares)	26.51 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	50
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaunk compares

By the 2011 count Chaunk is the 246th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 26.51 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Chaunk

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

Chaunk lies about 21 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Chaunk
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	3.1 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	46 km

Villages closest to Chaunk

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaunk village had a population of 93. That makes it the 246th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Chaunk village has 50 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaunk has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Chaunk is 177041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaunk covers 26.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaunk falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaunk is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Chaunk.

Chaunk is about 21 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaunk is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 3.1 km away. Hamirpur is about 21 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.