About Chikhali Village

Chikhali is a large village in Shirala tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,018, made up of 1,638 males and 1,380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhali village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sangli
Tehsil	Shirala
Pincode	415405
Area (hectares)	519.57 hectares
Population	3,018
Male Population	1,638
Female Population	1,380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikhali compares

By the 2011 count Chikhali is the 13th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 519.57 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1072.

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 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 42 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 4.7 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 Chikhali
Nearest town	Kolhāpur	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shirala	31 km
District headquarters	Sangli	42 km

Villages closest to Chikhali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shirala 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 3,018. That makes it the 13th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Chikhali village has 1,638 males and 1,380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhali has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1072.

The pincode recorded for Chikhali is 415405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikhali covers 519.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikhali falls under Shirala tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikhali is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 4.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chikhali.

Chikhali is about 42 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhali is in Shirala tehsil of Sangli district. Kolhāpur is about 4.5 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 4.7 km away. Shirala is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.