About Chauka Village

Chauka is a mid sized village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 739, made up of 390 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.01 hectares hectares.

Chauka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Karera
Area (hectares)	216.01 hectares
Population	739
Male Population	390
Female Population	349
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 10+ km distance

How Chauka compares

By the 2011 count Chauka is the 77th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 216.01 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 857.

Getting to Chauka

Chauka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chauka 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 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 55 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Chirula, about 30 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
Tehsil headquarters	Karera	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Chirula	30 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	55 km

Villages closest to Chauka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauka village had a population of 739. That makes it the 77th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Chauka village has 390 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauka has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 857.

Chauka covers 216.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chauka falls under Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauka is Chirula, about 30 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chauka.

Chauka is about 55 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauka is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karera is about 7.4 km away. Chirula is about 30 km away. Shivpuri is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.