# Chicholi Village, Bichhua, Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Bichhua, Chhindwara 

# Chicholi

Chicholi is a village in Bichhua sub-district of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **289 people in 62 households**, the 110th largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 289people (2011)
- 62households
- 60.8%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Chicholi PIN code and other codes

Chicholi falls in Bichhua sub-district, Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBichhua
- Census village code495473

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?

- Bichhua (sub-district HQ)37 km by road
- Chhindwara (district HQ)81 km by road
- Sausar (nearest town)40 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?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Dhanegoan
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Sausar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 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?

About 70% of the 175 hectares of village land is sown.

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, 87 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chicholi · ■ Bichhua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****3%**

**47%

Television ****23%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**93%

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 · ■ Bichhua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.8%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1600**

**967

Working population ****52.2%**

**49.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.9% for men and 52.2% for women. 56% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 119 (79%)

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 Bichhua

- Kanhasagar307 people
- Barraghati306 people
- Dhamniya299 people
- Puntra293 people
- Naharjhir288 people
- Dongargaon Kala286 people
- Boradi279 people
- Silota Khurd277 people

[All 147 villages in Bichhua](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/chhindwara/bichhua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chicholi from Chhindwara?81 km by road
- What is the population of Chicholi?289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chicholi in?Chhindwara district (Bichhua sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chicholi?60.8% (Census 2011)