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About Chauki Village

Chauki is a small village in Dharampuri tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 119 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,563 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.42 hectares hectares.

Chauki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauki village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dharampuri
Area (hectares) 299.42 hectares
Population 305
Male Population 119
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,563
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauki compares

By the 2011 count Chauki is the 91st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,350 residents. Its 299.42 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Chauki

Chauki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chauki as Available within village. 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 Chauki from other places

Chauki lies about 68 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 18 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 Hathi gate station 18 km
Nearest town Rajpur 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Dharampuri 19 km
District headquarters Dhar 68 km

Villages closest to Chauki

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dharampuri 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 305. That makes it the 91st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,350 residents.

Chauki village has 119 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauki has about 1563 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 980.

Chauki covers 299.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chauki falls under Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauki is Hathi gate station, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chauki.

Chauki is about 68 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauki is in Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district. Hathi gate station is about 18 km away. Rajpur is about 18 km away. Dharampuri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sala (1.6 km), Mondla (7.6 km) and Basvi (11 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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