About Chok Village

Chok is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 411 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1998 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chok village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345021
Area (hectares)	1998 hectares
Population	748
Male Population	411
Female Population	337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	820
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chok compares

By the 2011 count Chok is the 131st largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 1998 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 880.

Getting to Chok

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

How far is Chok from other places

Chok lies about 76 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about 19 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 Chok
Nearest railway station	Odhaniya Chacha	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	28 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	76 km

Villages closest to Chok

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chok village had a population of 748. That makes it the 131st largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Chok village has 411 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chok has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Chok is 345021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chok covers 1998 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chok falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Chok is Odhaniya Chacha, about 19 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 village for Chok.

Chok is about 76 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chok is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Odhaniya Chacha is about 19 km away. Pokaran is about 28 km away. Jaisalmer is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.