About Chikhalputi Village

Chikhalputi is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 252 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 671 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikhalputi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhalputi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	282.52 hectares
Population	421
Male Population	252
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	671
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhalputi compares

By the 2011 count Chikhalputi is the 124th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 282.52 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Chikhalputi

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

How far is Chikhalputi from other places

Chikhalputi lies about 49 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 64 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 Chikhalputi
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	2.5 km
District headquarters	Bastar	49 km
Nearest railway station	Bade Arapur	64 km

Villages closest to Chikhalputi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhalputi village had a population of 421. That makes it the 124th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Chikhalputi village has 252 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhalputi has about 671 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Chikhalputi is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikhalputi covers 282.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikhalputi falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chikhalputi is Bade Arapur, about 64 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Chikhalputi is about 49 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhalputi is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 2.5 km away. Bastar is about 49 km away. Bade Arapur is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.