# Chikhli Village, Mhow, Indore (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Mhow, Indore 

# Chikhli

Chikhli is a village in Mhow sub-district of Indore district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,168 people in 203 households**, the 55th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.5%.

- 1,168people (2011)
- 203households
- 59.6%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Chikhli PIN code and other codes

Chikhli falls in Mhow sub-district, Indore district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockMhow
- Census village code476508

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

## What facilities are there in Chikhli?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Chikhli; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Chikhli known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 81% of the 884 hectares of village land is sown, and 99 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 Chikhli

Of every 100 households in Chikhli in 2011, 78 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chikhli · ■ Mhow rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**53%

Tap water ****2%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**24%

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

**30%

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

**68%

Use banking services ****64%**

**48%

Television ****45%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**32%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**5%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

Own their home ****93%**

**87%

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 Chikhli?

■ Chikhli · ■ Mhow rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.6%**

**69.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**929

Working population ****53.9%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 49.2% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (40%) · **■** Household industry 144 (23%) · **■** Other work 42 (7%) · **■** Marginal 7 (1%)

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 Mhow

- Sitapat1,208 people
- Awlay1,202 people
- Nahar Khedi1,194 people
- Kuwali1,189 people
- Chordiya1,157 people
- Piplya Malhar1,141 people
- Mendal1,118 people
- Jafra Bad1,068 people

[All 172 villages in Mhow](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/indore/mhow/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chikhli?1,168 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chikhli in?Indore district (Mhow sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chikhli?59.6% (Census 2011)