About Chikmara Village

Chikmara is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,772, made up of 865 males and 907 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498.95 hectares hectares.

Chikmara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikmara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Katangi
Area (hectares)	498.95 hectares
Population	1,772
Male Population	865
Female Population	907
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chikmara compares

By the 2011 count Chikmara is the 16th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 498.95 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Chikmara

Chikmara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chikmara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chikmara from other places

Chikmara lies about 42 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 3.7 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 Chikmara
Nearest railway station	Katangi	3.7 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	26 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	42 km

Villages closest to Chikmara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikmara village had a population of 1,772. That makes it the 16th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Chikmara village has 865 males and 907 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikmara has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1040.

Chikmara covers 498.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikmara falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chikmara is Katangi, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chikmara.

Chikmara is about 42 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikmara is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Katangi is about 3.7 km away. Wārāseonī is about 26 km away. Balaghat is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.