About Chokhala Village

Chokhala is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 13 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chokhala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chokhala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Tehri
Pincode	249130
Area (hectares)	8.33 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	13
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
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 Chokhala compares

By the 2011 count Chokhala is the 299th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 8.33 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Chokhala

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

Chokhala lies about 9.8 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 28 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 Chokhala
Tehsil headquarters	Tehri	9.8 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	28 km

Villages closest to Chokhala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chokhala village had a population of 28. That makes it the 299th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Chokhala village has 13 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chokhala has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Chokhala is 249130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chokhala covers 8.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chokhala falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chokhala is Rishikesh, about 28 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 Chokhala.

Chokhala is about 9.8 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chokhala is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 9.8 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 9.8 km away. Rishikesh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.