About Chaura Village

Chaura is a mid sized village in Bhognipur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 589 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.69 hectares hectares.

Chaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaura village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Bhognipur
Area (hectares)	224.69 hectares
Population	1,148
Male Population	589
Female Population	559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chaura compares

By the 2011 count Chaura is the 121st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 224.69 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 870.

Getting to Chaura

Chaura 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 Chaura 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaura from other places

Chaura lies about 35 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Chaunrah, 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 Chaura
Nearest railway station	Chaunrah	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhognipur	6.3 km
Nearest town	Kālpi	6.3 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	35 km

Villages closest to Chaura

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

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Common questions about Chaura

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaura village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 121st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Chaura village has 589 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaura has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 870.

Chaura covers 224.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaura falls under Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaura is Chaunrah, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaura.

Chaura is about 35 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaura is in Bhognipur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Chaunrah is about under 2 km away. Bhognipur is about 6.3 km away. Kālpi is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.