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About Chaukhara Village

Chaukhara is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 98 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaukhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukhara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Pincode 272131
Area (hectares) 33.56 hectares
Population 177
Male Population 98
Female Population 79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chaukhara compares

By the 2011 count Chaukhara is the 1096th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 33.56 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Chaukhara

Chaukhara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chaukhara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaukhara from other places

Chaukhara lies about 44 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Chilhia, 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 Chaukhara
Nearest town Bānsi 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 29 km
Nearest railway station Chilhia 30 km
District headquarters Basti 44 km

Villages closest to Chaukhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukhara village had a population of 177. That makes it the 1096th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Chaukhara village has 98 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukhara has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Chaukhara is 272131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaukhara covers 33.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukhara falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaukhara is Chilhia, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Chaukhara is about 44 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukhara is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Bānsi is about 18 km away. Harraiya is about 29 km away. Chilhia is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanghwapur (under 2 km), Karanpur (under 2 km) and Paltijot (2.6 km).

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

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