About Chikhla Village

Chikhla is a large village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,316, made up of 1,166 males and 1,150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 837.33 hectares hectares.

Chikhla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhla village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Khairlanji
Area (hectares)	837.33 hectares
Population	2,316
Male Population	1,166
Female Population	1,150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhla compares

By the 2011 count Chikhla is the 22nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 837.33 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Chikhla

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

Chikhla lies about 33 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lakhanwara, 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 Chikhla
Nearest railway station	Lakhanwara	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khairlanji	12 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	17 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	33 km

Villages closest to Chikhla

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.

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Common questions about Chikhla

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhla village had a population of 2,316. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Chikhla village has 1,166 males and 1,150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhla has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Chikhla covers 837.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chikhla is Lakhanwara, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chikhla.

Chikhla is about 33 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhla is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lakhanwara is about 12 km away. Khairlanji is about 12 km away. Wārāseonī is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.