About Chikhali Village

Chikhali is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,143, made up of 548 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhali village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	493118
Area (hectares)	633.82 hectares
Population	1,143
Male Population	548
Female Population	595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,086
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhali compares

By the 2011 count Chikhali is the 46th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 633.82 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, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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 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 56 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 33 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
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	11 km
Nearest railway station	Bagbahra	33 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	41 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	56 km

Villages closest to Chikhali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pithora 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 1,143. That makes it the 46th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Chikhali village has 548 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhali has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Chikhali is 493118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikhali covers 633.82 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.

Chikhali falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chikhali is Bagbahra, about 33 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 Chikhali.

Chikhali is about 56 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhali is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 11 km away. Bagbahra is about 33 km away. Saraipali is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.