About Chuka Village

Chuka is a small village in Poornagiri tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 56 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chuka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chuka village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Poornagiri
Pincode	262523
Area (hectares)	37.14 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	56
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chuka compares

By the 2011 count Chuka is the 52nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 707 residents. Its 37.14 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Chuka

Chuka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chuka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chuka from other places

Chuka lies about 23 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 20 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 Chuka
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poornagiri	23 km
District headquarters	Champawat	23 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	44 km

Villages closest to Chuka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chuka village had a population of 115. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 707 residents.

Chuka village has 56 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chuka has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Chuka is 262523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chuka covers 37.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chuka falls under Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chuka is Tanakpur, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chuka.

Chuka is about 23 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chuka is in Poornagiri tehsil of Champawat district. Tanakpur is about 20 km away. Poornagiri is about 23 km away. Champawat is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.