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About Chaursi Village

Chaursi is a large village in Orai tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,076, made up of 1,151 males and 925 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 804 females per 1000 males. The village covers 569.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 285001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaursi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaursi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Orai
Pincode 285001
Area (hectares) 569.43 hectares
Population 2,076
Male Population 1,151
Female Population 925
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 804
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chaursi compares

By the 2011 count Chaursi is the 31st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents. Its 569.43 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 856.

Getting to Chaursi

Chaursi 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 Chaursi 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 Chaursi from other places

Chaursi lies about 20 km from Jalaun. 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 Chaursi
Tehsil headquarters Orai 3.2 km
District headquarters Jalaun 20 km

Villages closest to Chaursi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaursi village had a population of 2,076. That makes it the 31st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,545 residents.

Chaursi village has 1,151 males and 925 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaursi has about 804 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 856.

The pincode recorded for Chaursi is 285001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaursi covers 569.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaursi falls under Orai tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Chaursi notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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

Chaursi is about 20 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaursi is in Orai tehsil of Jalaun district. Orai is about 3.2 km away. Jalaun is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chauraci (under 2 km), Daulatpura Kalpi (1.7 km) and Baghaura Rural (1.9 km).

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

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