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About Chicholi Village

Chicholi is a mid sized village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 759, made up of 402 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.9 hectares hectares.

Chicholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chicholi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Silwani
Area (hectares) 426.9 hectares
Population 759
Male Population 402
Female Population 357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chicholi compares

By the 2011 count Chicholi is the 43rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 426.9 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Chicholi

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

Chicholi lies about 71 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 53 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 Chicholi
Tehsil headquarters Silwani 4.4 km
Nearest town Begamganj 39 km
Nearest railway station Gadarwara 53 km
District headquarters Raisen 71 km

Villages closest to Chicholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chicholi village had a population of 759. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Chicholi village has 402 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chicholi has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Chicholi covers 426.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chicholi falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chicholi is Gadarwara, about 53 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chicholi.

Chicholi is about 71 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chicholi is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 4.4 km away. Begamganj is about 39 km away. Gadarwara is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpura (2.1 km), Chandpura Kalan (2.1 km) and Kunwar Pipaliya (2.3 km).

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

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