Chikhli Tehsil - Buldhana, Maharashtra

Chikhli is an administrative tehsil in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Chikhli is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Nandura, while the nearest airport is Akola Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 67.1 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 1,113 km², including 1,105.10 km² rural area and 7.90 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 934 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Chikhli Tehsil

Chikhli Tehsil has a total of 159 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Ainkhed	Rural	Takarkhedmuslim Pramdapur
2	Ambashi Bhag 1	Rural	Ambashi
3	Ambashi Bhag 2	Rural	Ambashi
4	Amdapur Bhag 1	Rural	Amdapur
5	Amdapur Bhag 2	Rural	Amdapur
6	Amdapur Bhag 3	Rural	Amdapur
7	Amkhed	Rural	Amkhed
8	Amona	Rural	Amona
9	Ancharwadi Bhag 1	Rural	Ancharwadi
10	Ancharwadi Bhag 2	Rural	Ancharwadi
11	Andhai	Rural	Andhai
12	Antri Khedekar	Rural	Antri Khedekar
13	Antri Koli	Rural	Antri Koli
14	Anwi	Rural	Shelgaon Jahangir
15	Asola Naik	Rural	Mohadari
16	Asola Pr.Kherda	Rural	Asola Prkherda
17	Babhulgaon	Rural	Mangrul Nawghare
18	Beldari	Rural	Diwathana
19	Belkhed	Rural	Karwand
20	Berala	Rural	Berala
21	Bhalgaon	Rural	Bhalgaon
22	Bhankhed.	Rural	Bhankhed
23	Bharosa Bhag 1	Rural	Bharosa
24	Bharosa Bhag 2	Rural	Bharosa
25	Bhogawati	Rural	Bhogawati
26	Bhokar	Rural	Bhokar
27	Bhorsa	Rural	Bhorsa
28	Bhorsi	Rural	Bhorsa
29	Borakhedi	Rural	Warkhed
30	Borala	Rural	Malshemba
31	Borala Pra. Amdapur	Rural	Dongar Shewali
32	Borgaon Kakade Bhag 1	Rural	Borgaon Kakade
33	Borgaon Kakade Bhag 2	Rural	Borgaon Kakade
34	Borgaon Wasu	Rural	Borgaonwasu
35	Bramhapuri	Rural	Bramhapuri
36	Chandanpur	Rural	Chandanpur
37	Chandhai	Rural	Andhai
38	Chandhai Pr.Chikhali	Rural	Chandhaiprchikhli
39	Chikhali Bhag 1	Urban	Not applicable
40	Chikhali Bhag 2	Urban	Not applicable
41	Dahigaon	Rural	Dahigaon
42	Dasala	Rural	Dasala
43	Deulgaon Dhangar	Rural	Deulgaondhangar
44	Dewadari	Rural	Pandhardeo
45	Dhanori	Rural	Dhanori
46	Dhodap	Rural	Dhodap
47	Dhotra Bhangoji Bhag 1	Rural	Dhotra Bhangoji
48	Dhotra Bhangoji Bhag 2	Rural	Dhotra Bhangoji
49	Dhotra Naik	Rural	Dhotra Naik
50	Dhuma	Rural	Pimparkhedpramdapur
51	Diwathana	Rural	Diwathana
52	Dongar Shewali	Rural	Dongar Shewali
53	Dongargaon	Rural	Dongargaon
54	Eklara	Rural	Eklara
55	Gangalgaon	Rural	Gangalgaon
56	Ghanmod	Rural	Karatwadi
57	Girola	Rural	Bramhapuri
58	Godri	Rural	Godri
59	Gondhankhed	Rural	Karankhed
60	Gondhankhed Pr. Amdapur	Rural	Warkhed
61	Gunjala	Rural	Gunjala
62	Haralkhed	Rural	Pimparkhedpramdapur
63	Harni	Rural	Harni
64	Hatni	Rural	Hatni
65	Hiwara Naik	Rural	Dhotra Naik
66	Isoli Bhag 1	Rural	Isoli
67	Isoli Bhag 2	Rural	Isoli
68	Isrul	Rural	Isrul
69	Jambhora	Rural	Bhankhed
70	Jambhrun	Rural	Pandhardeo
71	Jamdara	Rural	Toranwada
72	Karankhed	Rural	Karankhed
73	Karatwadi	Rural	Karatwadi
74	Karkheda	Rural	Pimparkhedpramdapur
75	Karwand Bhag 1	Rural	Karwand
76	Karwand Bhag 2	Rural	Karwand
77	Katoda	Rural	Katoda
78	Kavhala	Rural	Kavhala
79	Kawathal	Rural	Kawathal
80	Kelwad	Rural	Kelwad
81	Khairav	Rural	Khairav
82	Khamkhed	Rural	Karankhed
83	Khandala Makardhwaj	Rural	Khandala Makardhwaj
84	Khor	Rural	Khor
85	Kinhi Naik	Rural	Kinhi Naik
86	Kinhi Sawadad	Rural	Kinhi Sawadat
87	Kinhola	Rural	Kinhola
88	Kolara Bhag 1	Rural	Kolara
89	Kolara Bhag 2	Rural	Kolara
90	Kolari	Rural	Bramhapuri
91	Konad	Rural	Konad
92	Kotkhed	Rural	Dongargaon
93	Kusumba	Rural	Kinhi Sawadat
94	Kusumbi	Rural	Kinhi Sawadat
95	Mahattamkhed	Rural	Karankhed
96	Mahimal	Rural	Mahimal
97	Malagi	Rural	Malgi
98	Malgani	Rural	Malgani
99	Malshemba	Rural	Malshemba
100	Mangrul Pr Kherda	Rural	Mangrul Pr Kherda
101	Mangrur Nawghare	Rural	Mangrul Nawghare
102	Manmod	Rural	Karatwadi
103	Manubai	Rural	Manubai
104	Medsing	Rural	Mohadari
105	Mera Bk. Bhag 1	Rural	Mera Bk
106	Mera Bk.Bhag 2	Rural	Mera Bk
107	Mera Kh.	Rural	Mera Kh
108	Misalwadi Bhag 1	Rural	Misalwadi
109	Misalwali Bhag 2	Rural	Misalwadi
110	Mohadari	Rural	Mohadari
111	Mungasari	Rural	Mungsari
112	Mungi	Rural	Dhanori
113	Muradpur	Rural	Muradpur
114	Naigaon Bk.	Rural	Naigaon Bk
115	Naigaon Kh.	Rural	Naigaon Khurd
116	Palaskhed Daulat	Rural	Palaskhed Daulat
117	Palaskhed Jayanti	Rural	Shelud
118	Palaskhed Sapkal	Rural	Dhodap
119	Pambulwadi	Rural	Chandhaiprchikhli
120	Pandhardeo	Rural	Pandhardeo
121	Patoda	Rural	Patoda
122	Peth	Rural	Peth
123	Pimpalwadi	Rural	Gunjala
124	Pimparkhed	Rural	Pimparkhedpramdapur
125	Ramnagar	Rural	Bharosa
126	Ranantri	Rural	Ranantri
127	Rohada	Rural	Rohada
128	Sakegaon	Rural	Sakegaon
129	Satgaon Bhusari	Rural	Satgaon Bhusari
130	Sawana Bhag 2	Rural	Sawna
131	Sawangi Gawali Bhag 1	Rural	Sawangi Gawali
132	Sawangi Gawali Bhag 2	Rural	Sawangi Gawali
133	Sawargaon Dukare	Rural	Sawargaondukare
134	Sawarkhed Bk.	Rural	Dhanori
135	Sawarkhed Kh.	Rural	Dhanori
136	Sawarkhed Najik	Rural	Kavhala
137	Sawna Bhag 1	Rural	Sawna
138	Shelgaon Atol	Rural	Shelgaon Atol
139	Shelgaon Jahangir	Rural	Shelgaon Jahangir
140	Shelodi	Rural	Shelodi
141	Shelsur	Rural	Shelsur
142	Shelud	Rural	Shelud
143	Shindi Harali	Rural	Shindi Harali
144	Somthana	Rural	Somthana
145	Sonewadi	Rural	Sonewadi
146	Takarkhed Helga	Rural	Takarkhed Helga
147	Takarkhed Musalman	Rural	Takarkhedmuslim Pramdapur
148	Tambulwadi	Rural	Bhogawati
149	Telhara	Rural	Telhara
150	Toranwada	Rural	Toranwada
151	Udaynagar	Rural	Undri
152	Utrada	Rural	Utrada
153	Vairagad	Rural	Vairagad
154	Vardada	Rural	Mohadari
155	Vasantnagar	Rural	Ancharwadi
156	Waghapur	Rural	Antri Koli
157	Walti	Rural	Walti
158	Warkhed	Rural	Warkhed
159	Yewata	Rural	Yewata

Population of Chikhli Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Chikhli Tehsil has a total population of 2,85,321 people, consisting of 1,47,505 males and 1,37,816 females. There are 62,739 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 256 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,85,321	2,27,432	57,889
Male Population	1,47,505	1,17,528	29,977
Female Population	1,37,816	1,09,904	27,912
Total Households	62,739	50,875	11,864
Population Density	256 / km²	206 / km²	7,328 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 2,09,827 literate people and 35,371 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 57,532 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 7,863 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	35,371	28,586	6,785
Literate Population	2,09,827	1,64,200	45,627
Illiterate Population	75,494	63,232	12,262
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	57,532	48,017	9,515
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	7,863	7,348	515

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Chikhli (चिखली)
District	Buldhana
State / UT	Maharashtra
Railway Station	Nandura
Total Area	1,113 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	934
Total Population (2011)	2,85,321
Density	256/km²
Total Villages	159

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Motala	Nandura
Shegaon	Sindkhed Raja