About Chikarial Village

Chikarial is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 109 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chikarial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chikarial village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144224
Area (hectares)	42 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	109
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chikarial compares

By the 2011 count Chikarial is the 275th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Chikarial

Chikarial is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chikarial as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chikarial from other places

Chikarial lies about 50 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Musahibpur, about 16 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 Chikarial
Nearest town	Talwāra	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	16 km
Nearest railway station	Musahibpur	16 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	50 km

Villages closest to Chikarial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chikarial village had a population of 209. That makes it the 275th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Chikarial village has 109 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chikarial has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Chikarial is 144224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chikarial covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chikarial falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Chikarial is Musahibpur, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chikarial.

Chikarial is about 50 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chikarial is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 10 km away. Mukerian is about 16 km away. Musahibpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.