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About Shikari Tola Village

Shikari Tola is a small village in Ambagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 144 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shikari Tola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikari Tola village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Ambagarh
Pincode 491668
Area (hectares) 169.21 hectares
Population 296
Male Population 144
Female Population 152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikari Tola compares

By the 2011 count Shikari Tola is the 117th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 169.21 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Shikari Tola

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

Shikari Tola lies about 12 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Parmalkasa, about 4.7 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 Shikari Tola
Nearest railway station Parmalkasa 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Ambagarh 12 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 12 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 12 km

Villages closest to Shikari Tola

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambagarh 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 Shikari Tola

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikari Tola village had a population of 296. That makes it the 117th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Shikari Tola village has 144 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikari Tola has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Shikari Tola is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikari Tola covers 169.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shikari Tola falls under Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Shikari Tola is Parmalkasa, about 4.7 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 Shikari Tola.

Shikari Tola is about 12 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikari Tola is in Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Parmalkasa is about 4.7 km away. Ambagarh is about 12 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Boirdih (1.9 km), Joratarai (3.4 km) and Bhansula (5.0 km).

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

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