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Nepal floods: A Bihar village grapples with loss and crushing debt
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chauki is a small village in Kaler mandal, Arwal district, Bihar, with a population of 305 across 60 households and a literacy rate of 36.7%. The village has one hospital facility and is located at 24.781°N, 87.914°E with postal code 824127.
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- LGD code
- 260681
- Pincode
- 824127
- Post office
- Kaler
- Population
- 305
- Households
- 60
- Literacy rate
- 36.7%
- Sex ratio
- 955 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 126
- Distance to district centre
- 199 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 175 km
- Distance to Patna
- 294 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 250 km
- Nearest railway station
- New Farakka Junction · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- TTS Hospital · <1 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
चौकी की तुलना
By population, Chauki ranks #59 of 60 villages in Kaler mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.7%
−21.4% vs mandal average
- Chauki
- 36.7%
- Kaler mandal
- 58.1%
- Arwal district
- 55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
955
+17 vs mandal average
- Chauki
- 955
- Kaler mandal
- 938
Household size
people per home
5.1
−1.0 vs mandal average
- Chauki
- 5.1
- Kaler mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
चौकी एक नज़र में
चौकी बिहार के अरवल जिले के कलेर ब्लॉक में 305 लोगों 60 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो कलेर ब्लॉक के 60 गांवों में 59वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 37% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 58% से 21 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 955 महिलाएं। यह अरवल जिला मुख्यालय से 199 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Chauki से 0 किमी, New Farakka Junction रेलवे स्टेशन से 1 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 824127 है, Kaler डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 260681 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र TTS Hospital है, <1 किमी दूर। सरपंच puja kumari हैं, और गांव Suryagarha विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Ramanand Mandal हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 4,612 है, 2011 जनगणना से 1412% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · चौकी
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARWAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sakri Khurd
- Total area (ha)
- 36
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 17.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — चौकी
- LGD code
- 260681
- Pincode
- 824127
- Post office
- Kaler
- Population (Census 2011)
- 305
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,612
- Households
- 60
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 955
- Literacy rate
- 36.7%
- Coordinates
- 24.78137°N, 87.91409°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Suryagarha
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramanand Mandal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- puja kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Kaler
पहुंचने का रास्ता
चौकी कैसे पहुंचें
शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Patna294 kmcapital
- Kolkata250 km
- Delhi1145 km
- Hyderabad1277 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationNew Farakka Junction1 km
- Bus stopNetaji More21 km
- Hospital / PHCTTS Hospital<1 km
- ATM / bankCentral Cooperative Bank Jangipur37 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil32 km
- CollegeD.N.C. College21 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station14 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- TTS Hospitalunder 1 km
एक ही पिनकोड
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चौकी के पास के गांव
कलेर मंडल के अन्य गांव
View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)