# Chauka Village, Pipariya, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Pipariya, Hoshangabad 

# Chauka

Chauka is a village in Pipariya sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **115 people in 26 households**, the 135th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 115people (2011)
- 26households
- 63.6%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Chauka PIN code and other codes

Chauka falls in Pipariya sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockPipariya
- Census village code487874

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chauka from nearby towns?

- Pipariya (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)87 km by road
- Pipariya (nearest town)17 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chauka?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Chauka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Dabka
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Pipariya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pipariya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Itarsi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chauka known for?

The main crops are **wheat, chana and soyabean**. About 8% of the 364 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chauka

Of every 100 households in Chauka in 2011, 100 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chauka · ■ Pipariya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**49%

Television ****31%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**37%

Own their home ****96%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chauka?

■ Chauka · ■ Pipariya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**899

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1286**

**935

Working population ****33.0%**

**38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 56.2% for women. 47% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (37%) · **■** Other work 6 (16%) · **■** Marginal 4 (11%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pipariya

- Parraspani148 people
- Amadeh Mal139 people
- Bari Devi137 people
- Madho134 people
- Ghodanar108 people
- Kanji Ghat97 people
- Sankari96 people
- Bari Aam95 people

[All 147 villages in Pipariya](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/pipariya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chauka from Hoshangabad?87 km by road
- What is the population of Chauka?115 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chauka in?Hoshangabad district (Pipariya sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chauka?63.6% (Census 2011)