About Shikari Tola Village

Shikari Tola is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,014, made up of 510 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, 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	Chhuriya
Pincode	491557
Area (hectares)	509.51 hectares
Population	1,014
Male Population	510
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikari Tola compares

By the 2011 count Shikari Tola is the 60th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 509.51 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

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 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 Shikari Tola from other places

Shikari Tola lies about 43 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 38 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	20 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	38 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	39 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	43 km

Villages closest to Shikari Tola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikari Tola village had a population of 1,014. That makes it the 60th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Shikari Tola village has 510 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikari Tola has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Shikari Tola is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikari Tola covers 509.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Shikari Tola is Paniajob, about 38 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 Shikari Tola.

Shikari Tola is about 43 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 Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 20 km away. Paniajob is about 38 km away. Dongargarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.