About Chauki Village

Chauki is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 106 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262541, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauki village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262541
Area (hectares)	131.22 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	106
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,132
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 Chauki compares

By the 2011 count Chauki is the 114th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 131.22 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Chauki

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

Chauki lies about 40 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 70 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 Chauki
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	28 km
Nearest town	Almora	33 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	40 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	70 km

Villages closest to Chauki

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Didihat 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 226. That makes it the 114th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Chauki village has 106 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauki has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Chauki is 262541. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauki covers 131.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chauki falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chauki is Kathgodam, about 70 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 Chauki.

Chauki is about 40 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauki is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 28 km away. Almora is about 33 km away. Pithoragarh is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.