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About Chokri Village

Chokri is a small village in Kusmi tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 195 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.17 hectares hectares.

Chokri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chokri village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Kusmi
Area (hectares) 258.17 hectares
Population 378
Male Population 195
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
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 Chokri compares

By the 2011 count Chokri is the 68th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 258.17 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Chokri

Chokri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chokri 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 Chokri from other places

Chokri lies about 126 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Khanna Banjari, about 13 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 Chokri
Nearest railway station Khanna Banjari 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Kusmi 31 km
Nearest town Maihar 32 km
District headquarters Sidhi 126 km

Villages closest to Chokri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chokri village had a population of 378. That makes it the 68th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Chokri village has 195 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chokri has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Chokri covers 258.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chokri falls under Kusmi tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chokri is Khanna Banjari, about 13 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 Chokri.

Chokri is about 126 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chokri is in Kusmi tehsil of Sidhi district. Khanna Banjari is about 13 km away. Kusmi is about 31 km away. Maihar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipraha (1.6 km), Majhauli (7.8 km) and Tal (8.7 km).

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

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