About Chikani Village

Chikani is a large village in Ner tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,121, made up of 1,122 males and 999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 755.48 hectares hectares.

Chikani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikani village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Yavatmal
Tehsil	Ner
Area (hectares)	755.48 hectares
Population	2,121
Male Population	1,122
Female Population	999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikani compares

By the 2011 count Chikani is the 10th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 755.48 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 950.

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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Ner	11 km
Nearest railway station	Bhandegaon	17 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 Ner 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 2,121. That makes it the 10th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Chikani village has 1,122 males and 999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikani has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Chikani covers 755.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikani falls under Ner 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 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 Ner tehsil of Yavatmal district. Ner is about 11 km away. Bhandegaon is about 17 km away. Yavatmal is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.