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About Chikli Village

Chikli is a small village in Maheshwar tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 222 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.19 hectares hectares.

Chikli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikli village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Maheshwar
Area (hectares) 212.19 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 222
Female Population 197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikli compares

By the 2011 count Chikli is the 131st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 212.19 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 981.

Getting to Chikli

Chikli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chikli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chikli from other places

Chikli lies about 52 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Patalpani Waterfall, about 26 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 Maheshwar 17 km
Nearest railway station Patalpani Waterfall 26 km
District headquarters Khargone 52 km

Villages closest to Chikli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maheshwar 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 419. That makes it the 131st largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Chikli village has 222 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikli has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Chikli covers 212.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikli falls under Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chikli is Patalpani Waterfall, about 26 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chikli.

Chikli is about 52 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikli is in Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district. Maheshwar is about 17 km away. Patalpani Waterfall is about 26 km away. Khargone is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Somakhedi (under 2 km), Gulawad (under 2 km) and Bhagdara (1.8 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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