About Chunau Village

Chunau is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 33 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 697 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chunau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chunau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	199.55 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	33
Female Population	23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	697
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 Chunau compares

By the 2011 count Chunau is the 157th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 199.55 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 948.

Getting to Chunau

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

Chunau lies about 24 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 Chunau
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	9.9 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	14 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	24 km

Villages closest to Chunau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chunau village had a population of 56. That makes it the 157th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Chunau village has 33 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chunau has about 697 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Chunau is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chunau covers 199.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chunau falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Chunau 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 Chunau.

Chunau is about 24 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chunau is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 9.9 km away. Mussoorie is about 14 km away. Dehradun is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.