About Chikhali Village

Chikhali is a mid sized village in Basmath tehsil, in the district of Hingoli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,313, made up of 674 males and 639 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 983.58 hectares hectares.

Chikhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhali village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Hingoli
Tehsil	Basmath
Area (hectares)	983.58 hectares
Population	1,313
Male Population	674
Female Population	639
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhali compares

By the 2011 count Chikhali is the 64th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents. Its 983.58 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Chikhali

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

Chikhali lies about 46 km from Hingoli, and the nearest railway station is Mirkhal, 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 Chikhali
Nearest railway station	Mirkhal	16 km
Nearest town	Pūrna	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basmath	20 km
District headquarters	Hingoli	46 km

Villages closest to Chikhali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhali village had a population of 1,313. That makes it the 64th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,511 residents.

Chikhali village has 674 males and 639 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhali has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Chikhali covers 983.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikhali falls under Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikhali is Mirkhal, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chikhali.

Chikhali is about 46 km from Hingoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhali is in Basmath tehsil of Hingoli district. Mirkhal is about 16 km away. Pūrna is about 18 km away. Basmath is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.