About Chikwaliya Village

Chikwaliya is a small village in Bijaipur tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 103 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87 hectares hectares.

Chikwaliya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikwaliya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Bijaipur
Area (hectares)	87 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	103
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,155
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chikwaliya compares

By the 2011 count Chikwaliya is the 98th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 87 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1101.

Getting to Chikwaliya

Chikwaliya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chikwaliya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chikwaliya from other places

Chikwaliya lies about 39 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Nonapar, about 13 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 Chikwaliya
Nearest railway station	Nonapar	13 km
Nearest town	Kataiya	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bijaipur	29 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	39 km

Villages closest to Chikwaliya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikwaliya village had a population of 222. That makes it the 98th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Chikwaliya village has 103 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikwaliya has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1101.

Chikwaliya covers 87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikwaliya falls under Bijaipur tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chikwaliya is Nonapar, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chikwaliya.

Chikwaliya is about 39 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikwaliya is in Bijaipur tehsil of Gopalganj district. Nonapar is about 13 km away. Kataiya is about 14 km away. Bijaipur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.