About Chhatau Village

Chhatau is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 442, made up of 238 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhatau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhatau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	237.69 hectares
Population	442
Male Population	238
Female Population	204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
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 Chhatau compares

By the 2011 count Chhatau is the 36th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 237.69 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Chhatau

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

Chhatau lies about 39 km from Dehradun. 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 Chhatau
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	6.6 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	27 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	39 km

Villages closest to Chhatau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhatau village had a population of 442. That makes it the 36th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Chhatau village has 238 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhatau has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Chhatau is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhatau covers 237.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhatau falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Chhatau notes the nearest railway station 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 Chhatau.

Chhatau is about 39 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhatau is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 6.6 km away. Mussoorie is about 27 km away. Dehradun is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.