About Chikotta Village

Chikotta is a mid sized village in Basavakalyan tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 412 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585419, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikotta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikotta village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Basavakalyan
Pincode	585419
Area (hectares)	356.86 hectares
Population	801
Male Population	412
Female Population	389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikotta compares

By the 2011 count Chikotta is the 89th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents. Its 356.86 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Chikotta

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

Chikotta lies about 76 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalapura, about 30 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 Chikotta
Tehsil headquarters	Basavakalyan	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalapura	30 km
District headquarters	Bidar	76 km

Villages closest to Chikotta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikotta village had a population of 801. That makes it the 89th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,509 residents.

Chikotta village has 412 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikotta has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Chikotta is 585419. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikotta covers 356.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikotta falls under Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikotta is Kamalapura, about 30 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 Chikotta.

Chikotta is about 76 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikotta is in Basavakalyan tehsil of Bidar district. Basavakalyan is about 18 km away. Kamalapura is about 30 km away. Bidar is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.