Chikla observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Chikla ranks #18 of 167 villages in Sitamau mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikla is a village of 1,994 people in 446 households (Census 2011) in Sitamau tehsil, Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 18th-largest of 167 villages in Sitamau tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 974 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Mandsaur district centre, 50 km from Dag, the nearest town, 28 km from Chau Mahla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 458990, served by Sitamau post office; the LGD village code is 469805. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is GOURISHANKAR PATIDAR, and the village votes in Suwasra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dung Hardeep Singh. The population is estimated at 2,351 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chikla →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chikla · this village | 1,994 | 59% | — |
| Dharakhedi · Shajapur | 1,973 | 72% | 1.4 km S |
| Dharakhedi · Sitamau | 166 | 81% | 1.4 km S |
| Galihara · Sitamau | 836 | 64% | 2.5 km S |
| Era · Sitamau | 2,417 | 61% | 2.8 km N |
| Era · Amarpatan | 2,657 | 62% | 2.8 km N |
| Nipanya · Sitamau | 553 | 63% | 3.1 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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