About Chaura Village

Chaura is a small village in Raghurajnagar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 155 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.86 hectares hectares.

Chaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaura village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Raghurajnagar
Area (hectares)	178.86 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	155
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaura compares

By the 2011 count Chaura is the 165th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 884 residents. Its 178.86 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 927.

Getting to Chaura

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

How far is Chaura from other places

Chaura lies about 11 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Hati, about 5.0 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 Chaura
Nearest railway station	Hati	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raghurajnagar	11 km
District headquarters	Satna	11 km

Villages closest to Chaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaura village had a population of 288. That makes it the 165th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 884 residents.

Chaura village has 155 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaura has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Chaura covers 178.86 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.

Chaura falls under Raghurajnagar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaura is Hati, about 5.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaura.

Chaura is about 11 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaura is in Raghurajnagar tehsil of Satna district. Hati is about 5.0 km away. Raghurajnagar is about 11 km away. Satna is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.