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About Chitoda Village

Chitoda is a mid sized village in Sawer tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,128, made up of 595 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538.26 hectares hectares.

Chitoda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitoda village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Sawer
Area (hectares) 538.26 hectares
Population 1,128
Male Population 595
Female Population 533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chitoda compares

By the 2011 count Chitoda is the 61st largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents. Its 538.26 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Chitoda

Chitoda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chitoda 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chitoda from other places

Chitoda lies about 32 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Ajnod, about 6.6 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 Chitoda
Nearest railway station Ajnod 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sawer 8.5 km
Nearest town Ujjain 22 km
District headquarters Indore 32 km

Villages closest to Chitoda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitoda village had a population of 1,128. That makes it the 61st largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,378 residents.

Chitoda village has 595 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitoda has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Chitoda covers 538.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitoda falls under Sawer tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chitoda is Ajnod, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chitoda.

Chitoda is about 32 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitoda is in Sawer tehsil of Indore district. Ajnod is about 6.6 km away. Sawer is about 8.5 km away. Ujjain is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sinnod (1.8 km), Magar Kheda (1.8 km) and Magar Khedi (1.8 km).

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

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