About Chauki Village

Chauki is a mid sized village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 320 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 656 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248197, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauki village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Vikasnagar
Pincode	248197
Area (hectares)	429.46 hectares
Population	530
Male Population	320
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	656
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chauki compares

By the 2011 count Chauki is the 96th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 429.46 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 908.

Getting to Chauki

Chauki is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chauki as Available within village. 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 Chauki from other places

Chauki lies about 9.3 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 Chauki
Nearest town	Mussoorie	8.1 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vikasnagar	24 km

Villages closest to Chauki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauki village had a population of 530. That makes it the 96th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Chauki village has 320 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauki has about 656 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Chauki is 248197. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauki covers 429.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chauki falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Chauki notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chauki.

Chauki is about 9.3 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauki is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Mussoorie is about 8.1 km away. Dehradun is about 9.3 km away. Vikasnagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.