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About Chicholi Village

Chicholi is a mid sized village in Bilaigarh tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 277 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chicholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chicholi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Bilaigarh
Pincode 496336
Area (hectares) 277.01 hectares
Population 531
Male Population 277
Female Population 254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chicholi compares

By the 2011 count Chicholi is the 145th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 277.01 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Chicholi

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

Chicholi lies about 130 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 34 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 Chicholi
Tehsil headquarters Bilaigarh 10 km
Nearest railway station Baradwar 34 km
Nearest town Chāmpa 39 km
District headquarters Raipur 130 km

Villages closest to Chicholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chicholi village had a population of 531. That makes it the 145th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Chicholi village has 277 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chicholi has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Chicholi is 496336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chicholi covers 277.01 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.

Chicholi falls under Bilaigarh tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chicholi is Baradwar, about 34 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 Chicholi.

Chicholi is about 130 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chicholi is in Bilaigarh tehsil of Raipur district. Bilaigarh is about 10 km away. Baradwar is about 34 km away. Chāmpa is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saliha (under 2 km), Alikud (under 2 km) and Salaunikhurd (2.0 km).

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

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