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About Chikhal Bid Village

Chikhal Bid is a large village in Wadwani tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,460, made up of 2,371 males and 2,089 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2937.52 hectares hectares.

Chikhal Bid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhal Bid village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Wadwani
Area (hectares) 2937.52 hectares
Population 4,460
Male Population 2,371
Female Population 2,089
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhal Bid compares

By the 2011 count Chikhal Bid is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 2937.52 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 908.

Getting to Chikhal Bid

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

Chikhal Bid lies about under 2 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Amalner Bhandyache, about 45 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 Chikhal Bid
District headquarters Bid under 2 km
Nearest town Beed under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Wadwani 30 km
Nearest railway station Amalner Bhandyache 45 km

Villages closest to Chikhal Bid

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Wadwani 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 Chikhal Bid

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhal Bid village had a population of 4,460. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Chikhal Bid village has 2,371 males and 2,089 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhal Bid has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Chikhal Bid covers 2937.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikhal Bid falls under Wadwani tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikhal Bid is Amalner Bhandyache, about 45 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 Chikhal Bid.

Chikhal Bid is about under 2 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhal Bid is in Wadwani tehsil of Bid district. Bid is about under 2 km away. Beed is about under 2 km away. Wadwani is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maujyachiwadi (13 km), Kanhobachiwadi (18 km) and Devla Bk (21 km).

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

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