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About Chaund Village

Chaund is a small village in Pratapnagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 88 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,193 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaund village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Pratapnagar
Pincode 249001
Area (hectares) 88.49 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 88
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,193
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaund compares

By the 2011 count Chaund is the 118th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 88.49 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

Getting to Chaund

Chaund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chaund as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chaund from other places

Chaund lies about 7.5 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 41 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 Chaund
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 7.5 km
Nearest town Tehri 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Pratapnagar 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 41 km

Villages closest to Chaund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaund village had a population of 193. That makes it the 118th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Chaund village has 88 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaund has about 1193 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1142.

The pincode recorded for Chaund is 249001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaund covers 88.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaund falls under Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chaund is Rishikesh, about 41 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chaund.

Chaund is about 7.5 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaund is in Pratapnagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 7.5 km away. Tehri is about 7.5 km away. Pratapnagar is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolgaon (under 2 km), Siloli (under 2 km) and Kotchauri (under 2 km).

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

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