About Chaurai Village

Chaurai is a mid sized village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,130, made up of 609 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646.95 hectares hectares.

Chaurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaurai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Buxwaha
Area (hectares)	646.95 hectares
Population	1,130
Male Population	609
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaurai compares

By the 2011 count Chaurai is the 20th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 646.95 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Chaurai

Chaurai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaurai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chaurai from other places

Chaurai lies about 98 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 31 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 Chaurai
Nearest town	Banda	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Buxwaha	23 km
Nearest railway station	Ganeshganj	31 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	98 km

Villages closest to Chaurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaurai village had a population of 1,130. That makes it the 20th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Chaurai village has 609 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaurai has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 847.

Chaurai covers 646.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaurai falls under Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaurai is Ganeshganj, about 31 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chaurai.

Chaurai is about 98 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaurai is in Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Banda is about 18 km away. Buxwaha is about 23 km away. Ganeshganj is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.