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About Chikhala Kasa Village

Chikhala Kasa is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,260, made up of 605 males and 655 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 783.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikhala Kasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhala Kasa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 783.31 hectares
Population 1,260
Male Population 605
Female Population 655
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhala Kasa compares

By the 2011 count Chikhala Kasa is the 29th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 783.31 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1037.

Getting to Chikhala Kasa

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

Chikhala Kasa lies about 40 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Kusumkasa, about 30 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 Chikhala Kasa
Nearest railway station Kusumkasa 30 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 33 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 33 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 40 km

Villages closest to Chikhala Kasa

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.

Common questions about Chikhala Kasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhala Kasa village had a population of 1,260. That makes it the 29th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Chikhala Kasa village has 605 males and 655 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhala Kasa has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Chikhala Kasa is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikhala Kasa covers 783.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikhala Kasa falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chikhala Kasa is Kusumkasa, about 30 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 Chikhala Kasa.

Chikhala Kasa is about 40 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhala Kasa is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Kusumkasa is about 30 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 33 km away. Chhuriya is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uchaipur (1.6 km), Dhobni (4.7 km) and Turregarh (4.9 km).

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

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