About Chikaniya Village

Chikaniya is a mid sized village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 557, made up of 298 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikaniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikaniya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Pincode	815357
Area (hectares)	100 hectares
Population	557
Male Population	298
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikaniya compares

By the 2011 count Chikaniya is the 100th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 937.

Getting to Chikaniya

Chikaniya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chikaniya 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chikaniya from other places

Chikaniya 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 Chikaniya
Tehsil headquarters	Sarath	11 km
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	17 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	21 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	42 km

Villages closest to Chikaniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikaniya village had a population of 557. That makes it the 100th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Chikaniya village has 298 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikaniya has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Chikaniya is 815357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikaniya covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikaniya falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chikaniya is Madankata Railway Station, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chikaniya.

Chikaniya 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.

Chikaniya is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Sarath is about 11 km away. Madankata Railway Station is about 17 km away. Jāmtāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.