About Chikkenahalli Village

Chikkenahalli is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,346, made up of 657 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkenahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkenahalli village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577522
Area (hectares)	519.08 hectares
Population	1,346
Male Population	657
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkenahalli compares

By the 2011 count Chikkenahalli is the 99th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 519.08 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Chikkenahalli

Chikkenahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chikkenahalli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chikkenahalli from other places

Chikkenahalli lies about 35 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Somaguddu, about 13 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 Chikkenahalli
Nearest railway station	Somaguddu	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	14 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	35 km

Villages closest to Chikkenahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkenahalli village had a population of 1,346. That makes it the 99th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Chikkenahalli village has 657 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkenahalli has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Chikkenahalli is 577522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkenahalli covers 519.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikkenahalli falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkenahalli is Somaguddu, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chikkenahalli.

Chikkenahalli is about 35 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkenahalli is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Somaguddu is about 13 km away. Challakere is about 14 km away. Chitradurga is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.