About Chikni Village

Chikni is a mid sized village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,077, made up of 557 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.34 hectares hectares.

Chikni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikni village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Singrauli
Tehsil	Chitrangi
Area (hectares)	360.34 hectares
Population	1,077
Male Population	557
Female Population	520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Chikni compares

By the 2011 count Chikni is the 113th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 360.34 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Chikni

Chikni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chikni 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 Chikni from other places

Chikni lies about 38 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Karaila Road Junction, about 33 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 Chikni
Tehsil headquarters	Chitrangi	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Karaila Road Junction	33 km
District headquarters	Singrauli	38 km

Villages closest to Chikni

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

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Common questions about Chikni

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikni village had a population of 1,077. That makes it the 113th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Chikni village has 557 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikni has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Chikni covers 360.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikni falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chikni is Karaila Road Junction, about 33 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 Chikni.

Chikni is about 38 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikni is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 5.3 km away. Karaila Road Junction is about 33 km away. Singrauli is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.