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About Chauka Village

Chauka is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,416, made up of 771 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 859.72 hectares hectares.

Chauka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 859.72 hectares
Population 1,416
Male Population 771
Female Population 645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chauka compares

By the 2011 count Chauka is the 64th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 859.72 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Chauka

Chauka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chauka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chauka from other places

Chauka lies about 12 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 11 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 Chauka
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 12 km

Villages closest to Chauka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauka village had a population of 1,416. That makes it the 64th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Chauka village has 771 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauka has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 878.

Chauka covers 859.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chauka falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauka is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chauka.

Chauka is about 12 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauka is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur is about 11 km away. Chhatarpur 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 Khadgayn (2.5 km), Budor (2.7 km) and Rasuiya Bhatan (3.1 km).

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

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