About Chauna Village

Chauna is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 132 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,114 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chauna village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	174.22 hectares
Population	279
Male Population	132
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,114
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 Chauna compares

By the 2011 count Chauna is the 54th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 174.22 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Chauna

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

Chauna lies about 32 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 49 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 Chauna
Nearest town	Almora	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	32 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	49 km

Villages closest to Chauna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chauna village had a population of 279. That makes it the 54th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Chauna village has 132 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chauna has about 1114 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Chauna is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chauna covers 174.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chauna falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chauna is Kathgodam, about 49 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 Chauna.

Chauna is about 32 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chauna is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 21 km away. Munsiari is about 32 km away. Pithoragarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.