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About Chicholi Village

Chicholi is a mid sized village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 792, made up of 391 males and 401 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.31 hectares hectares.

Chicholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chicholi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Khairlanji
Area (hectares) 276.31 hectares
Population 792
Male Population 391
Female Population 401
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chicholi compares

By the 2011 count Chicholi is the 69th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 276.31 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 1028.

Getting to Chicholi

Chicholi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chicholi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chicholi from other places

Chicholi lies about 26 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Waraseoni, about 16 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 Chicholi
Tehsil headquarters Khairlanji 7.1 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 15 km
Nearest railway station Waraseoni 16 km
District headquarters Balaghat 26 km

Villages closest to Chicholi

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

Common questions about Chicholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chicholi village had a population of 792. That makes it the 69th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Chicholi village has 391 males and 401 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chicholi has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

Chicholi covers 276.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chicholi falls under Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chicholi is Waraseoni, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Chicholi.

Chicholi is about 26 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chicholi is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 7.1 km away. Wārāseonī is about 15 km away. Waraseoni is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanhadgaon (under 2 km), Pindkepar (1.6 km) and Bakodi (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chicholi today is likely to be higher.

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