About Chilkha Village

Chilkha is a mid sized village in Ahmadpur tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 875, made up of 432 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 571 hectares hectares.

Chilkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilkha village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Latur
Tehsil	Ahmadpur
Area (hectares)	571 hectares
Population	875
Male Population	432
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chilkha compares

By the 2011 count Chilkha is the 79th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents. Its 571 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Chilkha

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

Chilkha lies about 51 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Wadwal Nagnath, about 24 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 Chilkha
Tehsil headquarters	Ahmadpur	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Wadwal Nagnath	24 km
District headquarters	Latur	51 km

Villages closest to Chilkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilkha village had a population of 875. That makes it the 79th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,586 residents.

Chilkha village has 432 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilkha has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 917.

Chilkha covers 571 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.

Chilkha falls under Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chilkha is Wadwal Nagnath, about 24 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 Chilkha.

Chilkha is about 51 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilkha is in Ahmadpur tehsil of Latur district. Ahmadpur is about 5.6 km away. Wadwal Nagnath is about 24 km away. Latur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.