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About Chauk Village

Chauk is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 22 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, 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 Solan
Tehsil Ramshahr
Pincode 174102
Area (hectares) 20 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 22
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 818
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauk compares

By the 2011 count Chauk is the 190th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 20 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 992.

Getting to Chauk

Chauk is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chauk as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 39 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 12 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 town Baddi 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramshahr 11 km
Nearest railway station Ghanauli 12 km
District headquarters Solan 39 km

Villages closest to Chauk

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

Common questions about Chauk

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauk village had a population of 40. That makes it the 190th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Chauk village has 22 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauk has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Chauk is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauk covers 20 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chauk falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauk is Ghanauli, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chauk.

Chauk is about 39 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauk is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Baddi is about 9.0 km away. Ramshahr is about 11 km away. Ghanauli is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lag (3.4 km), Rajpura (4.8 km) and Rampur (4.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chauk today is likely to be higher.

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