Chakisain

{{Short description|Administrative division in India}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Chakisain

| pushpin_map = India Uttarakhand

| coordinates = {{coord|30.1492|78.982|display=inline, title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| native_name_lang = gbm

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttarakhand, India

| pushpin_label_position = right

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name1 = Uttarakhand

| subdivision_name2 = Pauri Garhwal

| established_title =

| unit_pref = Metric

| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 246275

| registration_plate = UK-12

| website = {{URL|pauri.gov.in}}

| demographics1_info1 = Garhwali, Hindi

}}

Chakisain tehsil is a tehsil (administrative division) in Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India.{{cite web|url=https://pauri.nic.in/tehsil/ |title=Tehsil | District Pauri Garhwal, Government of Uttarakhand | India |publisher=Pauri.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2022-12-30}} Chakisain tehsil was carved out in 2013 out of Thalisain{{cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/state-editions/new-tehsil-likely-at-chakisain-of-pauri-dist.html|title=New Tehsil likely at Chakisain of Pauri dist|first=The|last=Pioneer|website=The Pioneer}} and has 115 villages.{{cite web|url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/pauri/Pauri-70696-13|title=राठ क्षेत्र का चाकीसैण भी बना तहसील|website=Amar Ujala}}

The tehsil is primarily rural and main economic activities in the region include agriculture, forestry, and tourism. It has many schools and one Atal Utkrisht Vidyalay.{{cite web|url=https://educationportal.uk.gov.in/SchoolWebsite?action=schoolAboutUs&schoolId=105089|title=Website|website=educationportal.uk.gov.in}} Located in Rath area of Pauri, this is part of the Srinagar Assembly constituency and is negatively affected by the migration of people due to lack of economic opportunities.