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About Chikhli Village

Chikhli is a mid sized village in Dondi Luhara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 662, made up of 321 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikhli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dondi Luhara
Pincode 491771
Area (hectares) 364.14 hectares
Population 662
Male Population 321
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhli compares

By the 2011 count Chikhli is the 125th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 364.14 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Chikhli

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

Chikhli lies about 5.1 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Durg Junction, about 3.8 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 Chikhli
Nearest railway station Durg Junction 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dondi Luhara 5.1 km
District headquarters Durg 5.1 km

Villages closest to Chikhli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dondi Luhara 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.

Common questions about Chikhli

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhli village had a population of 662. That makes it the 125th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Chikhli village has 321 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhli has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Chikhli is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikhli covers 364.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikhli falls under Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chikhli is Durg Junction, about 3.8 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 km distance for Chikhli.

Chikhli is about 5.1 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhli is in Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district. Durg Junction is about 3.8 km away. Dondi Luhara is about 5.1 km away. Durg is about 5.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganesh Khapri (1.7 km), Khapri (1.7 km) and Khamtarai (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chikhli today is likely to be higher.

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