About Chaura Village

Chaura is a small village in Madhupur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 185 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Madhupur
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	141 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	185
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaura compares

By the 2011 count Chaura is the 117th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 141 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 963.

Getting to Chaura

Chaura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chaura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chaura from other places

Chaura lies about 23 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madhupur Junction, about 6.2 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 Chaura
Nearest railway station	Madhupur Junction	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madhupur	6.4 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	23 km

Villages closest to Chaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaura village had a population of 350. That makes it the 117th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Chaura village has 185 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaura has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Chaura is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaura covers 141 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaura falls under Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaura is Madhupur Junction, about 6.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chaura.

Chaura is about 23 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaura is in Madhupur tehsil of Deoghar district. Madhupur Junction is about 6.2 km away. Madhupur is about 6.4 km away. Deoghar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.