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About Thikriya Village

Thikriya is a small village in Piploda tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 247 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 760.31 hectares hectares.

Thikriya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thikriya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Piploda
Area (hectares) 760.31 hectares
Population 467
Male Population 247
Female Population 220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thikriya compares

By the 2011 count Thikriya is the 77th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents. Its 760.31 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 973.

Getting to Thikriya

Thikriya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thikriya as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Thikriya from other places

Thikriya lies about 48 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Dhodhar, about 18 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 Thikriya
Tehsil headquarters Piploda 16 km
Nearest railway station Dhodhar 18 km
Nearest town Jaora 24 km
District headquarters Ratlam 48 km

Villages closest to Thikriya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thikriya village had a population of 467. That makes it the 77th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents.

Thikriya village has 247 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thikriya has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Thikriya covers 760.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thikriya falls under Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thikriya is Dhodhar, about 18 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 village for Thikriya.

Thikriya is about 48 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thikriya is in Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district. Piploda is about 16 km away. Dhodhar is about 18 km away. Jaora is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bachhodiya (1.8 km), Kalaliya (2.0 km) and Ranigaon (3.6 km).

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

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