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About Chaurakot Village

Chaurakot is a mid sized village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 812, made up of 433 males and 379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 353.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaurakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaurakot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Pati
Pincode 262580
Area (hectares) 353.08 hectares
Population 812
Male Population 433
Female Population 379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Chaurakot compares

By the 2011 count Chaurakot is the 11th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 323 residents. Its 353.08 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 990.

Getting to Chaurakot

Chaurakot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chaurakot 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 Chaurakot from other places

Chaurakot lies about 14 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 42 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 Chaurakot
Tehsil headquarters Pati 5.2 km
District headquarters Champawat 14 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 28 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 42 km

Villages closest to Chaurakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaurakot village had a population of 812. That makes it the 11th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 323 residents.

Chaurakot village has 433 males and 379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaurakot has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Chaurakot is 262580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaurakot covers 353.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaurakot falls under Pati tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaurakot is Tanakpur, about 42 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 Chaurakot.

Chaurakot is about 14 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaurakot is in Pati tehsil of Champawat district. Pati is about 5.2 km away. Champawat is about 14 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maun (under 2 km), Thuwa Mauni (under 2 km) and Sundungra (under 2 km).

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

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