About Chowki Village

Chowki is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 104 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chowki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chowki village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	44.15 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	104
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chowki compares

By the 2011 count Chowki is the 76th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 44.15 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Chowki

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

Chowki lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Chowki
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	41 km

Villages closest to Chowki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chowki village had a population of 223. That makes it the 76th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Chowki village has 104 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chowki has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Chowki is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chowki covers 44.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chowki falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chowki is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Chowki.

Chowki is about 28 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chowki is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 5.7 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 km away. Kangra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.