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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 522501
- Pincode
- 393130
- Post office
- Netrang
- Population
- 539
- Households
- 154
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Sex ratio
- 974 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 364
- Distance to district centre
- 147 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 112 km
- Distance to Gandhinagar
- 277 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 188 km
- Nearest railway station
- Chikhli Road · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- તાલુકા હેલ્થ સેન્ટર ચીખલી · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chikhli compares
By population, Chikhli ranks #58 of 78 villages in Netrang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
51.8%
−10.6% vs mandal average
- Chikhli
- 51.8%
- Netrang mandal
- 62.4%
- Bharuch district
- 72.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
974
+14 vs mandal average
- Chikhli
- 974
- Netrang mandal
- 960
Household size
people per home
3.5
−1.2 vs mandal average
- Chikhli
- 3.5
- Netrang mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikhli at a glance
Chikhli is a village of 539 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Netrang taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat, the 58th-largest of 78 villages in Netrang taluka. Literacy is 52%, 11 points below the taluka average of 62% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 147 km from the Bharuch district centre, 15 km from Khergam, the nearest town, 6 km from Chikhli Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 393130, served by Netrang post office; the LGD village code is 522501. The nearest hospital or health centre is તાલુકા હેલ્થ સેન્ટર ચીખલી, <1 km away. The population is estimated at 635 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chikhli
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANKLESVAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 39
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHIKHLI
- Total area (ha)
- 493.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chikhli
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chikhli
- LGD code
- 522501
- Pincode
- 393130
- Post office
- Netrang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 539
- Population (projected 2026)
- 635
- Households
- 154
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 974
- Literacy rate
- 51.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.75814°N, 73.05990°E
- Block / Mandal
- Netrang
Getting there
How to reach Chikhli
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gandhinagar277 kmcapital
- Mumbai188 km
- Hyderabad682 km
- Delhi969 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationChikhli Road6 km
- Bus stopChikali Bus stand<1 km
- Hospital / PHCતાલુકા હેલ્થ સેન્ટર ચીખલી<1 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India9 km
- Petrol pumpFuel<1 km
- CollegeVaidik dental college and research centre41 km
- Police stationGandevi Police Station8 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chikhli
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Mallikarjun TempleTemple2.5 km ↗
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Villages near Chikhli
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)