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About Chijwan Village

Chijwan is a mid sized village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,314, made up of 679 males and 635 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648.62 hectares hectares.

Chijwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chijwan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 648.62 hectares
Population 1,314
Male Population 679
Female Population 635
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chijwan compares

By the 2011 count Chijwan is the 93rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 648.62 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Chijwan

Chijwan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chijwan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Chandankhedi, Chariganpur, Charimandwi and Chhadawad. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Chijwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chijwan village had a population of 1,314. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Chijwan village has 679 males and 635 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chijwan has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Chijwan covers 648.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chijwan falls under Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Chijwan notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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

Chijwan is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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