About Tikri Village

Tikri is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 503, made up of 265 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494776, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tikri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tikri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Takhatpur
Pincode	494776
Area (hectares)	196.78 hectares
Population	503
Male Population	265
Female Population	238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tikri compares

By the 2011 count Tikri is the 142nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 196.78 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Tikri

Tikri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tikri 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 Tikri from other places

Tikri lies about 32 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 18 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 Tikri
Tehsil headquarters	Takhatpur	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	18 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	25 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	32 km

Villages closest to Tikri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tikri village had a population of 503. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Tikri village has 265 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tikri has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Tikri is 494776. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tikri covers 196.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tikri falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tikri is Kargi Road, about 18 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 Tikri.

Tikri is about 32 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tikri is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 8.7 km away. Kargi Road is about 18 km away. Mungeli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.