About Chikna Village

Chikna is a mid sized village in Kamptee tehsil, in the district of Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 347 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.36 hectares hectares.

Chikna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikna village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Tehsil	Kamptee
Area (hectares)	364.36 hectares
Population	657
Male Population	347
Female Population	310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 47th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents. Its 364.36 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 924.

Getting to Chikna

Chikna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chikna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 15 km from Nagpur, and the nearest railway station is New Airport, about 9.7 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
Nearest town	Hudkeshwar Buzurg	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	New Airport	9.7 km
District headquarters	Nagpur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kamptee	22 km

Villages closest to Chikna

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kamptee 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 657. That makes it the 47th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,316 residents.

Chikna village has 347 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikna has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Chikna covers 364.36 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 Kamptee tehsil of Nagpur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikna is New Airport, about 9.7 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 10+ km distance for Chikna.

Chikna is about 15 km from Nagpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikna is in Kamptee tehsil of Nagpur district. Hudkeshwar Buzurg is about 6.6 km away. New Airport is about 9.7 km away. Nagpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.