About Chikala Village

Chikala is a mid sized village in Hadgaon tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,977, made up of 1,035 males and 942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 790.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431713, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Hadgaon
Pincode	431713
Area (hectares)	790.35 hectares
Population	1,977
Male Population	1,035
Female Population	942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikala compares

By the 2011 count Chikala is the 34th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,561 residents. Its 790.35 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Chikala

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

Chikala lies about 36 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Therban, about 9.6 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 Chikala
Nearest railway station	Therban	9.6 km
Nearest town	Bhokar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hadgaon	20 km
District headquarters	Nanded	36 km

Villages closest to Chikala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikala village had a population of 1,977. That makes it the 34th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,561 residents.

Chikala village has 1,035 males and 942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikala has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Chikala is 431713. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikala covers 790.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikala falls under Hadgaon tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikala is Therban, about 9.6 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 Chikala.

Chikala is about 36 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikala is in Hadgaon tehsil of Nanded district. Therban is about 9.6 km away. Bhokar is about 13 km away. Hadgaon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.