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About Chaunpa Village

Chaunpa is a small village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 116 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249175, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaunpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaunpa village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Narendranagar
Pincode 249175
Area (hectares) 81.44 hectares
Population 248
Male Population 116
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaunpa compares

By the 2011 count Chaunpa is the 105th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 81.44 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Chaunpa

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

Chaunpa lies about 17 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 20 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 Chaunpa
Tehsil headquarters Narendranagar 15 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 17 km
Nearest town Tehri 17 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 20 km

Villages closest to Chaunpa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaunpa village had a population of 248. That makes it the 105th largest of the 244 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Chaunpa village has 116 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaunpa has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Chaunpa is 249175. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaunpa covers 81.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaunpa falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaunpa is Rishikesh, about 20 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 Chaunpa.

Chaunpa is about 17 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaunpa is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Narendranagar is about 15 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 17 km away. Tehri is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumali (under 2 km), Pipaleth (under 2 km) and Bidon Gaon (1.7 km).

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

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