Chikhli is a midsize town in Navsari district in the state of Gujarat, India.
The nearest railway station is Chikhli Road railway station on the Bilimora - Waghai narrow gauge line, about 6 km from Chikhli.
The rainfall is much heavier than nearby Valsad due to the orographic lift of the Western Ghats.
[4] 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 Government ITI Mallikarjun Temple, An old temple of lord Shiva 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 starring Sunil Dutt, Raj Kumar and Nargis which was also nominated for Oscars as one of the first Indian movie of Bollywood.