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About Shikarinar Village

Shikarinar is a mid sized village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 236 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,140 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495690, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shikarinar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikarinar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Jaijaipur
Pincode 495690
Area (hectares) 195.02 hectares
Population 505
Male Population 236
Female Population 269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,140
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikarinar compares

By the 2011 count Shikarinar is the 93rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 195.02 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Shikarinar

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

Shikarinar lies about 30 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 15 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 Shikarinar
Tehsil headquarters Jaijaipur 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Baradwar 15 km
Nearest town Saktī 20 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 30 km

Villages closest to Shikarinar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikarinar village had a population of 505. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Shikarinar village has 236 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikarinar has about 1140 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Shikarinar is 495690. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikarinar covers 195.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shikarinar falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Shikarinar is Baradwar, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Shikarinar.

Shikarinar is about 30 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikarinar is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jaijaipur is about 6.6 km away. Baradwar is about 15 km away. Saktī is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nandeli (2.1 km), Guchkuliya (2.2 km) and Kekrabhath (2.5 km).

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

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