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About Chor Kunawa Village

Chor Kunawa is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 355, made up of 167 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,126 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chor Kunawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chor Kunawa village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Chakrata
Pincode 248123
Area (hectares) 480.85 hectares
Population 355
Male Population 167
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,126
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 Chor Kunawa compares

By the 2011 count Chor Kunawa is the 52nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 480.85 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 953.

Getting to Chor Kunawa

Chor Kunawa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chor Kunawa 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 Chor Kunawa from other places

Chor Kunawa lies about 23 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 Chor Kunawa
Nearest town Mussoorie 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakrata 23 km
District headquarters Dehradun 23 km

Villages closest to Chor Kunawa

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.

Common questions about Chor Kunawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chor Kunawa village had a population of 355. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Chor Kunawa village has 167 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chor Kunawa has about 1126 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

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

Chor Kunawa covers 480.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chor Kunawa falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Chor Kunawa notes the nearest railway station 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 Chor Kunawa.

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

Chor Kunawa is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Mussoorie is about 13 km away. Chakrata is about 23 km away. Dehradun is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur Sharna (7.6 km), Bijanu (9.5 km) and Sahiya (13 km).

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

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