About Shikari Mahka Village

Shikari Mahka is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,356, made up of 637 males and 719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 706.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495691, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shikari Mahka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shikari Mahka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	495691
Area (hectares)	706.26 hectares
Population	1,356
Male Population	637
Female Population	719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Shikari Mahka compares

By the 2011 count Shikari Mahka is the 21st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 706.26 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Shikari Mahka

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

Shikari Mahka lies about 38 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 20 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 Mahka
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	20 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	22 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	38 km

Villages closest to Shikari Mahka

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 Mahka

As per the Census of India 2011, Shikari Mahka village had a population of 1,356. That makes it the 21st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Shikari Mahka village has 637 males and 719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shikari Mahka has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Shikari Mahka is 495691. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shikari Mahka covers 706.26 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Shikari Mahka is Paniajob, about 20 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 Mahka.

Shikari Mahka is about 38 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shikari Mahka is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 5.2 km away. Paniajob is about 20 km away. Dongargarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.