About Chikkachellur Village

Chikkachellur is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,946, made up of 1,004 males and 942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1271.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577538, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkachellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkachellur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577538
Area (hectares)	1271.42 hectares
Population	1,946
Male Population	1,004
Female Population	942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkachellur compares

By the 2011 count Chikkachellur is the 55th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 1271.42 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Chikkachellur

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

Chikkachellur lies about 50 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Challakere, about 25 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 Chikkachellur
Nearest railway station	Challakere	25 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	50 km

Villages closest to Chikkachellur

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 Chikkachellur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkachellur village had a population of 1,946. That makes it the 55th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Chikkachellur village has 1,004 males and 942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkachellur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Chikkachellur is 577538. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkachellur covers 1271.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikkachellur falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkachellur is Challakere, about 25 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 Chikkachellur.

Chikkachellur is about 50 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkachellur is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Challakere is about 25 km away. Chitradurga is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.