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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Naresh Rai
Contact: 93****1424
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- LGD code
- 488239
- Pincode
- 483990
- Post office
- Rithi
- Population
- 197
- Households
- 44
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Sex ratio
- 894 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 94
- Distance to district centre
- 263 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 284 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 307 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 482 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gobarwahi · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Bamhani · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chikhala compares
By population, Chikhala ranks #101 of 116 villages in Rithi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.5%
+6.8% vs mandal average
- Chikhala
- 63.5%
- Rithi mandal
- 56.7%
- Katni district
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
894
−71 vs mandal average
- Chikhala
- 894
- Rithi mandal
- 965
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Chikhala
- 4.5
- Rithi mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikhala at a glance
Chikhala is a village of 197 people in 44 households (Census 2011) in Rithi tehsil, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh, the 101st-largest of 116 villages in Rithi tehsil. Literacy is 64%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 57% and the sex ratio is 894 women per 1,000 men. It lies 263 km from the Katni district centre, 5 km from Ashti, the nearest town, 6 km from Gobarwahi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 483990, served by Rithi post office; the LGD village code is 488239. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Bamhani, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Naresh Rai, and the village votes in Pawai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Prahlad Lodhi. The population is estimated at 232 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikhala · this village | 197 | 64% | — |
| Chikhala · Tumsar | — | — | 0 km N |
| Hirapur Hamesha · Tumsar | 602 | 66% | 2.3 km E |
| Nakadongari · Tumsar | 3,254 | 76% | 2.5 km NW |
| Sitasawangi · Tumsar | 4,001 | 73% | 2.7 km SW |
| Rajapur · Tumsar | 2,102 | 68% | 2.7 km W |
| Rajapur · Shirol | 4,058 | 71% | 2.8 km NW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chikhala
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATNI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 262.86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 21.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 117.32
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chikhala
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chikhala
- LGD code
- 488239
- Pincode
- 483990
- Post office
- Rithi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 197
- Population (projected 2026)
- 232
- Households
- 44
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 894
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Coordinates
- 21.55247°N, 79.76246°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pawai
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Prahlad Lodhi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Naresh Rai
- Block / Mandal
- Rithi
Getting there
How to reach Chikhala
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal307 kmcapital
- Hyderabad482 km
- Mumbai769 km
- Delhi826 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGobarwahi6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Bamhani6 km
- ATM / bankBank Of India37 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump25 km
- CollegeManoharbhai Patel Military College44 km
- Police stationPolice Station Mauda59 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Chikhala
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Lord Shiva TempleTemple3.0 km ↗
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Chikhala
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🏫DAV MOIL PUBLIC SCHOOLSchool3.0 km ↗
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Other villages named Chikhala
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Villages near Chikhala
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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
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)