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About Chichgaon Village

Chichgaon is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,178, made up of 570 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.77 hectares hectares.

Chichgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chichgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 268.77 hectares
Population 1,178
Male Population 570
Female Population 608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chichgaon compares

By the 2011 count Chichgaon is the 56th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 268.77 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Chichgaon

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

How far is Chichgaon from other places

Chichgaon lies about 7.8 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Kanhad Gaon, about 1.5 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 Chichgaon
Nearest railway station Kanhad Gaon 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 7.8 km
District headquarters Balaghat 7.8 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 7.8 km

Villages closest to Chichgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chichgaon village had a population of 1,178. That makes it the 56th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Chichgaon village has 570 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chichgaon has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Chichgaon covers 268.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chichgaon falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chichgaon is Kanhad Gaon, about 1.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chichgaon.

Chichgaon is about 7.8 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chichgaon is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Kanhad Gaon is about 1.5 km away. Lalbarra is about 7.8 km away. Balaghat is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipariya (2.6 km), Bamhani (3.1 km) and Chikhali Badi (4.0 km).

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

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