About Chikniya Village

Chikniya is a small village in Margo Munda tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 139 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikniya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Margo Munda
Pincode	814152
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	139
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chikniya compares

By the 2011 count Chikniya is the 82nd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Chikniya

Chikniya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chikniya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chikniya from other places

Chikniya lies about 42 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 17 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 Chikniya
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	17 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Margo Munda	29 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	42 km

Villages closest to Chikniya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margo Munda 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 Chikniya

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikniya village had a population of 259. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Chikniya village has 139 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikniya has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Chikniya is 814152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikniya covers 130 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.

Chikniya falls under Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chikniya is Madankata Railway Station, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chikniya.

Chikniya is about 42 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikniya is in Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district. Madankata Railway Station is about 17 km away. Jāmtāra is about 21 km away. Margo Munda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.