About Chikni Village

Chikni is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 147 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 735 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	126 hectares
Population	255
Male Population	147
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	735
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikni compares

By the 2011 count Chikni is the 114th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 126 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 918.

Getting to Chikni

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

Chikni lies about 58 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, 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 Chikni
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	22 km
Nearest town	Ropar	28 km
District headquarters	Solan	58 km

Villages closest to Chikni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikni village had a population of 255. That makes it the 114th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Chikni village has 147 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikni has about 735 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Chikni is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikni covers 126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikni falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chikni is Kiratpur Sahib, 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chikni.

Chikni is about 58 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikni is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 4.7 km away. Nalagarh is about 22 km away. Ropar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.