About Chihka Village

Chihka is a mid sized village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 242 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,227 females per 1000 males. The village covers 781.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chihka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chihka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	781.26 hectares
Population	539
Male Population	242
Female Population	297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,227
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chihka compares

By the 2011 count Chihka is the 38th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 781.26 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

Getting to Chihka

Chihka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chihka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chihka from other places

Chihka lies about 39 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 31 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 Chihka
Tehsil headquarters	Bhairamgarh	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	31 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	39 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	46 km

Villages closest to Chihka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chihka village had a population of 539. That makes it the 38th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Chihka village has 242 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chihka has about 1227 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Chihka is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chihka covers 781.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chihka falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chihka is Kamalur, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chihka.

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

Chihka is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 5.0 km away. Kamalur is about 31 km away. Bijapur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.