About Chikanhada Village

Chikanhada is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 27 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikanhada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikanhada village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173208
Area (hectares)	16.03 hectares
Population	50
Male Population	27
Female Population	23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikanhada compares

By the 2011 count Chikanhada is the 224th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 16.03 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Chikanhada

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

Chikanhada lies about 45 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 25 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 Chikanhada
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	18 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	25 km
Nearest town	Shimla	27 km
District headquarters	Solan	45 km

Villages closest to Chikanhada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikanhada village had a population of 50. That makes it the 224th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Chikanhada village has 27 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikanhada has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Chikanhada is 173208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikanhada covers 16.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikanhada falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chikanhada is Jutogh, about 25 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chikanhada.

Chikanhada is about 45 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikanhada is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 18 km away. Jutogh is about 25 km away. Shimla is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.