About Chauk Village

Chauk is a small village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 61, made up of 25 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,440 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauk village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Jogindarnagar
Pincode	176120
Area (hectares)	20.87 hectares
Population	61
Male Population	25
Female Population	36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,440
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauk compares

By the 2011 count Chauk is the 183rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 20.87 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Chauk

Chauk is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chauk as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chauk from other places

Chauk lies about 58 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Palampur Himachal, about 2.5 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 Chauk
Nearest railway station	Palampur Himachal	2.5 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jogindarnagar	28 km
District headquarters	Mandi	58 km

Villages closest to Chauk

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauk village had a population of 61. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Chauk village has 25 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauk has about 1440 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Chauk is 176120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauk covers 20.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chauk falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauk is Palampur Himachal, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chauk.

Chauk is about 58 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauk is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Palampur Himachal is about 2.5 km away. Dharamsala is about 23 km away. Jogindarnagar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.