Chikhli is a midsize

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Navsari district Navsari is an administrative District (India), district in the state of Gujarat in India, with its headquarters at the city of Navsari. The district covers an area of 2,211 square kilometres and was formed in 1997 after Valsad district was split in ...

in the state of

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...

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Geography

Chikhli is located at . It has an average elevation of 19 metres (62 ft). Chikhli is the smallest city in the region of South Gujarat. About 27 km south east from city of

Navsari Navsari is the ninth biggest city in the state of Gujarat in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Navsari District. Navsari is between Surat and Mumbai. It is a twin city of Surat, 37 km to the north. At the 2011 Census of Ind ...

, 28 km north from the city of

Valsad Valsad (Pronunciation: �alsɑɖ, historically known as Bulsar, is a town and a municipality in Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the district headquarters of Valsad district. Valsad is located north of Vapi and shares bor ...

city, and about 10 km east from the city and rail junction of Bilimora. Chikhli is on the Indian National Highway 8, from where state highways reaching

Ahwa Ahwa is the headquarters of Dang District in the state of Gujarat, in India. It is situated about 1800 feet (549 m) above the sea level. The whole district, inhabited by the tribal people, is a hilly area covered with thick forest. Venomous snak ...

via Waghai and Vansda, and to the hill station of

Saputara Saputara town in the Dang district of Gujarat, India, is a hill station A hill station is a touristic town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The English term was originally used mostly in Western imperialism i ...

bifurcate. The nearest railway station is Chikhli Road railway station on the Bilimora - Waghai

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line, about 6 km from Chikhli. It has a small river i.e. Kaveri.

Climate

Chikhli has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry "winter") and ''As'' (for a dry "summer"). The driest month has less than ...

(Aw) with little to no rainfall from October to May and extremely heavy rainfall from June to September. The rainfall is much heavier than nearby Valsad due to the orographic lift of the Western Ghats.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Indian Census, Chikhli had a population of 7025. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Chikhli has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 87% and female literacy of 82%. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Agriculture

* Vasudhara Dairy

Notable people

P. B. Desai – Demographer, economist and Indian independence activist Jhinabhai Desai - Gujarati poet and author better known by his pen name Snehrashmi, educator, political leader and Indian independence activist

Education

Colleges

# Government BSC Computer Science College
Shri M.R. Desai Arts and E.E.L.K. Commerce College

College of Applied Sciences and Professional Studies (CASPS)
# Government Science College, Chikhli # Tathya Pharmacy College, Chikhli # Tathya Nursing College, Chikhli

School

# Fellowship International School (1st English Medium School in Chikhli Taluka) # The D. E. Italia High school, Chikhli # A.B. School, Chikhli #Shree Swaminarayan International Gunatiti Vidhayadham Chikhli

ITI

Government ITI

Popular places

Mallikarjun Temple, An old temple of lord

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is situated on the bank of a seasonal lake in a village Majigam (1/2 km from Chikhli). This site is famous for a shooting of a legendary film

Mother India ''Mother India'' is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film '' Aurat'' (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village wo ...

starring

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Raghunath Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi Cinema. He acted in more than 80 films over a career spanning five decades and was t ...

, Raj Kumar and

Nargis Nargis Dutt (born Fatima Rashid, also known as Nirmala Dutt; 1 June 1929 – 3 May 1981) known mononyomusly as Nargis was an Indian actress and politician who worked in Hindi cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and finest actresses in the ...

which was also nominated for Oscars as one of the first Indian movie of Bollywood.

Transportation

The nearest domestic and international airport is

Surat International Airport Surat Airport is an international airport serving Surat, Gujarat, India. It is located in Magdalla, situated 12 km (6.4 mi) from the city centre. It has a total area of 770 acres (312 ha) and is the second busiest airport in Gujarat ...

at Magdalla,

Surat Surat (Gujarati Language, Gujarati: ) is a city in the western Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat. The word Surat directly translates to ''face'' in Urdu, Gujarati language, Gujarati and Hindi. Located on the banks of t ...

, 71 km north from Chikhli city. The other international airport is

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is the international airport serving Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the second-busiest airport in India in terms of total and international passenger traffic a ...

, 211.7 km south-west from Chikhli city.

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in Navsari district