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About Chikhali Village

Chikhali is a mid sized village in Pusad tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,311, made up of 824 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 591 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.01 hectares hectares.

Chikhali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikhali village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Pusad
Area (hectares) 494.01 hectares
Population 1,311
Male Population 824
Female Population 487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 591
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 75th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,484 residents. Its 494.01 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 935.

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 84 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Kannargoan Naka, about 32 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
Tehsil headquarters Pusad 16 km
Nearest railway station Kannargoan Naka 32 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 84 km

Villages closest to Chikhali

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

Common questions about Chikhali

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikhali village had a population of 1,311. That makes it the 75th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,484 residents.

Chikhali village has 824 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikhali has about 591 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Chikhali covers 494.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikhali falls under Pusad tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chikhali is Kannargoan Naka, about 32 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 84 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikhali is in Pusad tehsil of Yavatmal district. Pusad is about 16 km away. Kannargoan Naka is about 32 km away. Yavatmal is about 84 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wadgaon (1.6 km), Kurhadi (1.7 km) and Wanwarla (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chikhali today is likely to be higher.

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