About Chikani Village

Chikani is a mid sized village in Darwha tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,455, made up of 729 males and 726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 920.22 hectares hectares.

Chikani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikani village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Darwha
Area (hectares)	920.22 hectares
Population	1,455
Male Population	729
Female Population	726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chikani compares

By the 2011 count Chikani is the 29th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 920.22 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Chikani

Chikani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chikani 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chikani from other places

Chikani lies about 40 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Bhandegaon, about 17 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 Chikani
Nearest town	Ner	11 km
Nearest railway station	Bhandegaon	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darwha	19 km
District headquarters	Yavatmal	40 km

Villages closest to Chikani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikani village had a population of 1,455. That makes it the 29th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Chikani village has 729 males and 726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikani has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Chikani covers 920.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chikani falls under Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikani is Bhandegaon, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chikani.

Chikani is about 40 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikani is in Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district. Ner is about 11 km away. Bhandegaon is about 17 km away. Darwha is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.