About Chigicherla Village

Chigicherla is a large village in Dharmavaram tehsil, in the district of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,931, made up of 2,578 males and 2,353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3805 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 515672, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chigicherla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chigicherla village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Anantapur
Tehsil	Dharmavaram
Pincode	515672
Area (hectares)	3805 hectares
Population	4,931
Male Population	2,578
Female Population	2,353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chigicherla compares

By the 2011 count Chigicherla is the 4th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,217 residents. Its 3805 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Chigicherla

Chigicherla is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chigicherla as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chigicherla from other places

Chigicherla lies about 19 km from Anantapur, and the nearest railway station is Chigicherla, about under 2 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 Chigicherla
Nearest railway station	Chigicherla	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dharmavaram	12 km
District headquarters	Anantapur	19 km

Villages closest to Chigicherla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chigicherla village had a population of 4,931. That makes it the 4th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,217 residents.

Chigicherla village has 2,578 males and 2,353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chigicherla has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Chigicherla is 515672. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chigicherla covers 3805 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chigicherla falls under Dharmavaram tehsil of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chigicherla is Chigicherla, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chigicherla.

Chigicherla is about 19 km from Anantapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chigicherla is in Dharmavaram tehsil of Anantapur district. Chigicherla is about under 2 km away. Dharmavaram is about 12 km away. Anantapur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.