About Chikhali Village

Chikhali is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 379 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhali village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	492101
Area (hectares)	422.42 hectares
Population	788
Male Population	379
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhali compares

By the 2011 count Chikhali is the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 422.42 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1014.

Getting to Chikhali

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

Chikhali lies about 26 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rajnandgaon, about under 2 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 Chikhali
Nearest railway station	Rajnandgaon	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	26 km
District headquarters	Durg	26 km

Villages closest to Chikhali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhali village had a population of 788. That makes it the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Chikhali village has 379 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhali has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Chikhali is 492101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikhali covers 422.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikhali falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chikhali is Rajnandgaon, about under 2 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 Chikhali.

Chikhali is about 26 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhali is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Rajnandgaon is about under 2 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 1.5 km away. Thanakhamria is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.