About Chauka Village

Chauka is a small village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 114, made up of 60 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauka village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172022
Area (hectares)	106.66 hectares
Population	114
Male Population	60
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauka compares

By the 2011 count Chauka is the 123rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 106.66 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Chauka

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

Chauka lies about 46 km from Shimla. 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 Chauka
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	17 km
District headquarters	Shimla	46 km

Villages closest to Chauka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauka village had a population of 114. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Chauka village has 60 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauka has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Chauka is 172022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauka covers 106.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chauka falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Chauka notes the nearest railway station 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 Chauka.

Chauka is about 46 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauka is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.