About Chikna Village

Chikna is a mid sized village in Lakhandur tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 289 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309.52 hectares hectares.

Chikna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikna village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Lakhandur
Area (hectares)	309.52 hectares
Population	563
Male Population	289
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikna compares

By the 2011 count Chikna is the 66th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 309.52 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Chikna

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

Chikna lies about 41 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Wadegaon, about 16 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 Chikna
Tehsil headquarters	Lakhandur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Wadegaon	16 km
Nearest town	Pawni	26 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	41 km

Villages closest to Chikna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikna village had a population of 563. That makes it the 66th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Chikna village has 289 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikna has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Chikna covers 309.52 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.

Chikna falls under Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikna is Wadegaon, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Chikna.

Chikna is about 41 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikna is in Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district. Lakhandur is about 14 km away. Wadegaon is about 16 km away. Pawni is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.