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About Chauka Village

Chauka is a mid sized village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,639, made up of 792 males and 847 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.26 hectares hectares.

Chauka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauka village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Area (hectares) 107.26 hectares
Population 1,639
Male Population 792
Female Population 847
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chauka compares

By the 2011 count Chauka is the 205th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 107.26 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Chauka

The census records public bus service for Chauka as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 37 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Unchdih, about 9.0 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 Chauka
Nearest railway station Unchdih 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 10 km
Nearest town Gyānpur 31 km
District headquarters Allahabad 37 km

Villages closest to Chauka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauka village had a population of 1,639. That makes it the 205th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Chauka village has 792 males and 847 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauka has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Chauka covers 107.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chauka falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauka is Unchdih, about 9.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chauka.

Chauka is about 37 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauka is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Unchdih is about 9.0 km away. Handia is about 10 km away. Gyānpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khijirpur (1.6 km), Shukulpur (2.1 km) and Newada Barauna (3.4 km).

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

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