About Chikkajeni Village

Chikkajeni is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 742, made up of 359 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikkajeni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikkajeni village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577426
Area (hectares)	572.31 hectares
Population	742
Male Population	359
Female Population	383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikkajeni compares

By the 2011 count Chikkajeni is the 51st largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 572.31 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Chikkajeni

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

Chikkajeni lies about 40 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, about 12 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 Chikkajeni
Nearest railway station	Kenchanalu	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	15 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	29 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	40 km

Villages closest to Chikkajeni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikkajeni village had a population of 742. That makes it the 51st largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Chikkajeni village has 359 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikkajeni has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Chikkajeni is 577426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikkajeni covers 572.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikkajeni falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chikkajeni is Kenchanalu, about 12 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 Chikkajeni.

Chikkajeni is about 40 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikkajeni is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Kenchanalu is about 12 km away. Hosanagara is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.