About Chaukia Village

Chaukia is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 187 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaukia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukia village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	88.08 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	187
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaukia compares

By the 2011 count Chaukia is the 16th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 88.08 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 945.

Getting to Chaukia

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

Chaukia lies about 67 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 54 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 Chaukia
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	28 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	54 km
District headquarters	Shimla	67 km

Villages closest to Chaukia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukia village had a population of 350. That makes it the 16th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Chaukia village has 187 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukia has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Chaukia is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaukia covers 88.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukia falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaukia is Dehradun, about 54 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 Chaukia.

Chaukia is about 67 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukia is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 28 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 32 km away. Dehradun is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.