About Chikpal Village

Chikpal is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,047, made up of 525 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 952.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikpal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	952.01 hectares
Population	1,047
Male Population	525
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikpal compares

By the 2011 count Chikpal is the 15th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 952.01 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Chikpal

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

Chikpal lies about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 17 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 Chikpal
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	17 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	30 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	47 km

Villages closest to Chikpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikpal village had a population of 1,047. That makes it the 15th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Chikpal village has 525 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikpal has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Chikpal is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikpal covers 952.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikpal falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chikpal is Kaklur, about 17 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 Chikpal.

Chikpal is about 30 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikpal is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Katekalyan is about 9.8 km away. Kaklur is about 17 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.