About Chaukhra Village

Chaukhra is a small village in Pipra tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 65, made up of 36 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaukhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukhra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Pipra
Pincode	824119
Area (hectares)	18 hectares
Population	65
Male Population	36
Female Population	29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
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 Chaukhra compares

By the 2011 count Chaukhra is the 54th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 583 residents. Its 18 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 950.

Getting to Chaukhra

Chaukhra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chaukhra 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 Chaukhra from other places

Chaukhra lies about 139 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 46 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 Chaukhra
Tehsil headquarters	Pipra	4.4 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	18 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	46 km
District headquarters	Palamu	139 km

Villages closest to Chaukhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukhra village had a population of 65. That makes it the 54th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 583 residents.

Chaukhra village has 36 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukhra has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Chaukhra is 824119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaukhra covers 18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukhra falls under Pipra tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaukhra is Guraru, about 46 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 Chaukhra.

Chaukhra is about 139 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukhra is in Pipra tehsil of Palamu district. Pipra is about 4.4 km away. Sherghāti is about 18 km away. Guraru is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.