About Chikhla Village

Chikhla is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 298 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.25 hectares hectares.

Chikhla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhla village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Rithi
Area (hectares)	416.25 hectares
Population	576
Male Population	298
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhla compares

By the 2011 count Chikhla is the 72nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 416.25 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Chikhla

Chikhla is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chikhla as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chikhla from other places

Chikhla 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 Chikhla
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 Chikhla

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 Chikhla

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhla village had a population of 576. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Chikhla village has 298 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhla has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Chikhla covers 416.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chikhla is Patohan, about under 2 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 10+ km distance for Chikhla.

Chikhla 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.

Chikhla 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.