About Chaunki Village

Chaunki is a small village in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 109, made up of 54 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaunki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaunki village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nagrota Bagwan
Pincode	176047
Area (hectares)	53.88 hectares
Population	109
Male Population	54
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaunki compares

By the 2011 count Chaunki is the 120th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 53.88 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Chaunki

Chaunki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaunki 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaunki from other places

Chaunki lies about 10 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 4.7 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 Chaunki
Nearest railway station	Samloti	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagrota Bagwan	6.0 km
District headquarters	Kangra	10 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	19 km

Villages closest to Chaunki

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagrota Bagwan 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 Chaunki

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaunki village had a population of 109. That makes it the 120th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Chaunki village has 54 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaunki has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Chaunki is 176047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaunki covers 53.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaunki falls under Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaunki is Samloti, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaunki.

Chaunki is about 10 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaunki is in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 4.7 km away. Nagrota Bagwan is about 6.0 km away. Kangra is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.