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About Chauki Village

Chauki is a mid sized village in Kukru tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 363 males and 325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauki village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kukru
Pincode 832403
Area (hectares) 254 hectares
Population 688
Male Population 363
Female Population 325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chauki compares

By the 2011 count Chauki is the 30th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 953.

Getting to Chauki

Chauki is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chauki 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chauki from other places

Chauki lies about 26 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 2.9 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 Chauki
Nearest railway station Bakarkudi 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kukru 4.7 km
Nearest town Balarāmpur 26 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 26 km

Villages closest to Chauki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauki village had a population of 688. That makes it the 30th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Chauki village has 363 males and 325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauki has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Chauki is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauki covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chauki falls under Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chauki is Bakarkudi, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Chauki.

Chauki is about 26 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauki is in Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Bakarkudi is about 2.9 km away. Kukru is about 4.7 km away. Balarāmpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adardih (under 2 km), Karka (1.7 km) and Kendaenda (2.1 km).

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

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