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About Chikanota Village

Chikanota is a small village in Bina tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 257, made up of 142 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares.

Chikanota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikanota village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Bina
Area (hectares) 144 hectares
Population 257
Male Population 142
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 810
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 Chikanota compares

By the 2011 count Chikanota is the 120th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 144 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, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Chikanota

Chikanota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chikanota 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 Chikanota from other places

Chikanota lies about 63 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Bina Junction, about 5.1 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 Chikanota
Tehsil headquarters Bina 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Bina Junction 5.1 km
Nearest town Bīna 5.1 km
District headquarters Sagar 63 km

Villages closest to Chikanota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikanota village had a population of 257. That makes it the 120th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Chikanota village has 142 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikanota has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Chikanota covers 144 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.

Chikanota falls under Bina tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chikanota is Bina Junction, about 5.1 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 Chikanota.

Chikanota is about 63 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikanota is in Bina tehsil of Sagar district. Bina is about 5.1 km away. Bina Junction is about 5.1 km away. Bīna is about 5.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daulatpur (1.8 km), Sironjipur (1.9 km) and Rampur (2.1 km).

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

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