About Chauk Village

Chauk is a mid sized village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,398, made up of 689 males and 709 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174402, 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	Sundarnagar
Pincode	174402
Area (hectares)	162.77 hectares
Population	1,398
Male Population	689
Female Population	709
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauk compares

By the 2011 count Chauk is the 14th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 162.77 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

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 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 Chauk from other places

Chauk lies about 20 km from Mandi, 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 Chauk
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarnagar	10 km
District headquarters	Mandi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	41 km

Villages closest to Chauk

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sundarnagar 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 1,398. That makes it the 14th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Chauk village has 689 males and 709 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauk has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Chauk is 174402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauk covers 162.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Chauk 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 Chauk.

Chauk is about 20 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 Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Olinda is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.