About Chikhala Village

Chikhala is a small village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 104 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.86 hectares hectares.

Chikhala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhala village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	262.86 hectares
Population	197
Male Population	104
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Chikhala compares

By the 2011 count Chikhala is the 94th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 262.86 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Chikhala

Chikhala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chikhala as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chikhala from other places

Chikhala lies about 20 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patohan, about under 2 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 Chikhala
Nearest railway station	Patohan	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rithi	7.0 km
District headquarters	Katni	20 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	20 km

Villages closest to Chikhala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhala village had a population of 197. That makes it the 94th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Chikhala village has 104 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhala has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Chikhala covers 262.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikhala falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chikhala is Patohan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Chikhala is about 20 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhala is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Patohan is about under 2 km away. Rithi is about 7.0 km away. Katni is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.