About Chaukhuta Village

Chaukhuta is a mid sized village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,080, made up of 546 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263137, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaukhuta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukhuta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263137
Area (hectares)	317.11 hectares
Population	1,080
Male Population	546
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaukhuta compares

By the 2011 count Chaukhuta is the 16th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 317.11 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Chaukhuta

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

Chaukhuta lies about 132 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 11 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 Chaukhuta
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	11 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhari	32 km
District headquarters	Nainital	132 km

Villages closest to Chaukhuta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukhuta village had a population of 1,080. That makes it the 16th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Chaukhuta village has 546 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukhuta has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Chaukhuta is 263137. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaukhuta covers 317.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukhuta falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaukhuta is Rishikesh, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chaukhuta.

Chaukhuta is about 132 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukhuta is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Rishīkesh is about 11 km away. Rishikesh is about 11 km away. Dhari is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.