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About Chauth Village

Chauth is a mid sized village in Jalaun tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,023, made up of 541 males and 482 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.48 hectares hectares.

Chauth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauth village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Jalaun
Area (hectares) 94.48 hectares
Population 1,023
Male Population 541
Female Population 482
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chauth compares

By the 2011 count Chauth is the 84th largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents. Its 94.48 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Chauth

Chauth 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 Chauth as Available. 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 Chauth from other places

Chauth lies about 32 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 27 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 Chauth
Nearest town Auraiya 8.5 km
Nearest railway station Phaphund 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalaun 32 km

Villages closest to Chauth

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauth village had a population of 1,023. That makes it the 84th largest of the 183 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents.

Chauth village has 541 males and 482 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauth has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

Chauth covers 94.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chauth falls under Jalaun tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chauth is Phaphund, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Chauth.

Chauth is about 32 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauth is in Jalaun tehsil of Jalaun district. Auraiya is about 8.5 km away. Phaphund is about 27 km away. Jalaun 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 Hasanpur (under 2 km), Nainapur (1.7 km) and Harshankarpur Mustakil (1.9 km).

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

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