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About Chilphi Village

Chilphi is a small village in Bichhiya tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 212 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.06 hectares hectares.

Chilphi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilphi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandla
Tehsil Bichhiya
Area (hectares) 426.06 hectares
Population 394
Male Population 212
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chilphi compares

By the 2011 count Chilphi is the 234th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 744 residents. Its 426.06 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1020.

Getting to Chilphi

Chilphi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chilphi 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chilphi from other places

Chilphi lies about 95 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Deori, about 12 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 Chilphi
Nearest town Panāgar 11 km
Nearest railway station Deori 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bichhiya 27 km
District headquarters Mandla 95 km

Villages closest to Chilphi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilphi village had a population of 394. That makes it the 234th largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 744 residents.

Chilphi village has 212 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilphi has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Chilphi covers 426.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chilphi falls under Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chilphi is Deori, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chilphi.

Chilphi is about 95 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilphi is in Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district. Panāgar is about 11 km away. Deori is about 12 km away. Bichhiya is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tilari (1.7 km), Bamhani Ryt (2.4 km) and Narharganj Ryt (3.2 km).

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

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