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About Chaknohar Village

Chaknohar is a small village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 14, made up of 9 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 556 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.67 hectares hectares.

Chaknohar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaknohar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 6.67 hectares
Population 14
Male Population 9
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 556
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chaknohar compares

By the 2011 count Chaknohar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 6.67 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 1012.

Getting to Chaknohar

Chaknohar 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 Chaknohar 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 Chaknohar from other places

Chaknohar lies about 33 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Shahganj Junction, about 11 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 Chaknohar
Nearest railway station Shahganj Junction 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 11 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 11 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 33 km

Villages closest to Chaknohar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaknohar village had a population of 14. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Chaknohar village has 9 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaknohar has about 556 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Chaknohar covers 6.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaknohar falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaknohar is Shahganj Junction, about 11 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 Chaknohar.

Chaknohar is about 33 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaknohar is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Shahganj Junction is about 11 km away. Shahganj is about 11 km away. Shāhganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rahamat (under 2 km), Firojpur (under 2 km) and Dhiraolli Nankar (under 2 km).

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

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