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CJP chief Dipke visits tribal families in MP's Balaghat, seeks accountability over child deaths
Reported by The New Indian Express.
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jaypal Singh Tilgam
Contact: 88****8055
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- LGD code
- 498048
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population
- 537
- Households
- 93
- Literacy rate
- 33%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 319
- Distance to district centre
- 477 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 510 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 292 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 372 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hathi gate station · 34 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Karuna Hospital, Barwani · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chikhali compares
By population, Chikhali ranks #98 of 159 villages in Birsa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
33.0%
−22.3% vs mandal average
- Chikhali
- 33.0%
- Birsa mandal
- 55.3%
- Balaghat district
- 67.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
−32 vs mandal average
- Chikhali
- 996
- Birsa mandal
- 1,028
Household size
people per home
5.8
+1.3 vs mandal average
- Chikhali
- 5.8
- Birsa mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikhali at a glance
Chikhali is a village of 537 people in 93 households (Census 2011) in Birsa tehsil, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh, the 98th-largest of 159 villages in Birsa tehsil. Literacy is 33%, 22 points below the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 477 km from the Balaghat district centre, 46 km from Chahardi, the nearest town, 34 km from Hathi gate station railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481105, served by Ukwa post office; the LGD village code is 498048. The nearest hospital or health centre is Karuna Hospital, Barwani, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Jaypal Singh Tilgam, and the village votes in Paraswada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Madhu Bhau Bhagat. The population is estimated at 633 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chikhali
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BAIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 48
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 94
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 48
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 759.32
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 230.62
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chikhali
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chikhali
- LGD code
- 498048
- Pincode
- 481105
- Post office
- Ukwa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 537
- Population (projected 2026)
- 633
- Households
- 93
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 33.0%
- Coordinates
- 21.62998°N, 75.17986°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Balaghat
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Paraswada
- Member of Parliament
- Bharti Pardhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Madhu Bhau Bhagat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jaypal Singh Tilgam
- Block / Mandal
- Birsa
Getting there
How to reach Chikhali
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal292 kmcapital
- Mumbai372 km
- Hyderabad586 km
- Delhi803 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHathi gate station34 km
- Hospital / PHCKaruna Hospital, Barwani11 km
- ATM / bankShri Krishna Sakh Sanstha34 km
- Police stationChopda Gramin Police station44 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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