About Chaukhal Village

Chaukhal is a small village in Srinagar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 85 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246174, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaukhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukhal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Srinagar
Pincode	246174
Area (hectares)	42.49 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	85
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
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 Chaukhal compares

By the 2011 count Chaukhal is the 45th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 189 residents. Its 42.49 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Chaukhal

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

Chaukhal lies about 71 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 68 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 Chaukhal
Tehsil headquarters	Srinagar	22 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	22 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	68 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	71 km

Villages closest to Chaukhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukhal village had a population of 165. That makes it the 45th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 189 residents.

Chaukhal village has 85 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukhal has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Chaukhal is 246174. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaukhal covers 42.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukhal falls under Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaukhal is Rishikesh, about 68 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 Chaukhal.

Chaukhal is about 71 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukhal is in Srinagar tehsil of Garhwal district. Srinagar is about 22 km away. Srīnagar is about 22 km away. Rishikesh is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.