About Chaura Village

Chaura is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 246 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,289 females per 1000 males. The village covers 624.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263632
Area (hectares)	624.5 hectares
Population	563
Male Population	246
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,289
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaura compares

By the 2011 count Chaura is the 37th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 624.5 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Chaura

Chaura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chaura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaura from other places

Chaura lies about 8.9 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 60 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
District headquarters	Bageshwar	8.9 km
Nearest town	Almora	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	60 km

Villages closest to Chaura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kapkot 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 563. That makes it the 37th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Chaura village has 246 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaura has about 1289 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Chaura is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaura covers 624.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaura falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaura is Kathgodam, about 60 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chaura.

Chaura is about 8.9 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaura is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Bageshwar is about 8.9 km away. Almora is about 22 km away. Kapkot is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.