# Chicholi Village, Lanji, Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Lanji, Balaghat 

# Chicholi

Chicholi is a village in Lanji sub-district of Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,501 people in 334 households**, the 48th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,501people (2011)
- 334households
- 78.0%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Chicholi PIN code and other codes

Chicholi falls in Lanji sub-district, Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockLanji
- Census village code498523

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chicholi from nearby towns?

- Lanji (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Balaghat (district HQ)73 km by road
- Lanji (nearest town)13 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chicholi?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Chicholi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhela
- ○Degree college10+ km · Lanji
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kirnapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)14 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chicholi known for?

The main crops are **dhan, wheat and chana**. About 80% of the 233 hectares of village land is sown, and 402 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chicholi

Of every 100 households in Chicholi in 2011, 78 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Chicholi · ■ Lanji rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**98%

Use banking services ****66%**

**25%

Television ****26%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chicholi?

■ Chicholi · ■ Lanji rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**1014

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****826**

**987

Working population ****60.0%**

**59.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.7% for men and 70.5% for women. 60% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (5%) · **■** Marginal 640 (71%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Lanji

- Singola1,695 people
- Newarwahi1,628 people
- Purvatola1,587 people
- Bhimodi1,523 people
- Bothali1,474 people
- Chikhli1,421 people
- Kumharikhurd1,392 people
- Nandora1,390 people

[All 162 villages in Lanji](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/balaghat/lanji/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chicholi from Balaghat?73 km by road
- What is the population of Chicholi?1,501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chicholi in?Balaghat district (Lanji sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chicholi?78.0% (Census 2011)