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About Chauri Village

Chauri is a mid sized village in Colonelganj tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,621, made up of 829 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.04 hectares hectares.

Chauri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gonda
Tehsil Colonelganj
Area (hectares) 300.04 hectares
Population 1,621
Male Population 829
Female Population 792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 955
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chauri compares

By the 2011 count Chauri is the 203rd largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents. Its 300.04 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chauri

Chauri 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 Chauri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chauri from other places

Chauri lies about 19 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Kasturi, about under 2 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 Chauri
Nearest railway station Kasturi under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Colonelganj 6.2 km
District headquarters Gonda 19 km

Villages closest to Chauri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauri village had a population of 1,621. That makes it the 203rd largest of the 384 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,125 residents.

Chauri village has 829 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauri has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Chauri covers 300.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chauri falls under Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauri is Kasturi, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chauri.

Chauri is about 19 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauri is in Colonelganj tehsil of Gonda district. Kasturi is about under 2 km away. Colonelganj is about 6.2 km away. Gonda is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katela Talab (under 2 km), Sumerpur (under 2 km) and Rajpur (1.5 km).

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

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