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About Chikli Village

Chikli is a large village in Kukshi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,232, made up of 1,110 males and 1,122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537.01 hectares hectares.

Chikli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikli village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Kukshi
Area (hectares) 537.01 hectares
Population 2,232
Male Population 1,110
Female Population 1,122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chikli compares

By the 2011 count Chikli is the 29th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 537.01 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 999.

Getting to Chikli

Chikli 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 Chikli as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chikli from other places

Chikli lies about 81 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Khandala, about 20 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 Chikli
Tehsil headquarters Kukshi 15 km
Nearest railway station Khandala 20 km
District headquarters Dhar 81 km

Villages closest to Chikli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikli village had a population of 2,232. That makes it the 29th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Chikli village has 1,110 males and 1,122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikli has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

Chikli covers 537.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chikli is Khandala, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chikli.

Chikli is about 81 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikli is in Kukshi tehsil of Dhar district. Kukshi is about 15 km away. Khandala is about 20 km away. Dhar is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dholya (1.9 km), Haldi (4.3 km) and Kadmal (4.8 km).

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

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