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About Choksera Village

Choksera is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 53, made up of 26 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Choksera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Choksera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 9.36 hectares
Population 53
Male Population 26
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Choksera compares

By the 2011 count Choksera is the 351st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 9.36 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Choksera

Choksera is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Choksera as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Choksera from other places

Choksera lies about 3.6 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Choksera
District headquarters Garhwal 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 4.8 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 14 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 14 km

Villages closest to Choksera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Choksera village had a population of 53. That makes it the 351st largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Choksera village has 26 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Choksera has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Choksera is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Choksera covers 9.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Choksera falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Choksera is Kotdwara, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Choksera.

Choksera is about 3.6 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Choksera is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 3.6 km away. Lansdowne is about 4.8 km away. Kotdwāra is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basur Baman (under 2 km), Bilasu (under 2 km) and Manpur (under 2 km).

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

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