Chikhalwadi, Ratnagiri

Chikhalwadi (चिखलवाडी) is a village located in the Ratnagiri Taluka of Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The village falls in Ratnagiri block and comes under Devood Village Panchayat. It belongs to Ratnagiri - Sindhudurg parliament constituency and Ratnagiri assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Chikhalwadi is 886 out of which 440 are males and rest 446 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 1014 females per 1000 males. There are around 61 teenagers in Chikhalwadi. It has literacy rate of 69% which means around 612 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 1 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 185 households in Chikhalwadi, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 499. The pincode of Chikhalwadi is 415620 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Khalgaon Sub Post office
• Dhamanse Branch Post office
• Kalzondi Branch Post office
• Kespuri Branch Post office
• Kolisare Branch Post office

Schools

Chikhalwadi has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Tatyasaheb Mulye Madh.Vidya.
• Varavade Highschool
• New English School Junior College Neware
• Shirish Murari Mayekar Madyamik Vidyalay Chafe & Sunil Murari Mayekar Arts/commerce College Chafe
• Zilla Parishad Primary School Khalgaon Dahamnewadi No.3

Hospitals

Chikhalwadi has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Dhamanse Sub-Center
• Bondye Sub-Center
• Khalgaon Sub-Center
• Devud Sub-Center
• Tarwal Sub-Center

Banks

Chikhalwadi has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Central Bank of India Jakadevi