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Chiker Population - Rayagada, Orissa

Chiker is a small village located in Andirakanch Block of Rayagada district, Orissa with total 57 families residing. The Chiker village has population of 188 of which 90 are males while 98 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chiker village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 17.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chiker village is 1089 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chiker as per census is 833, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Chiker village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chiker village was 5.16 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chiker Male literacy stands at 4.17 % while female literacy rate was 6.02 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chiker village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Chiker village.

Chiker Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 188 90 98
Child (0-6) 33 18 15
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 178 86 92
Literacy 5.16 % 4.17 % 6.02 %
Total Workers 115 58 57
Main Worker 1 - -
Marginal Worker 114 58 56

Caste Factor

In Chiker village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.68 % of total population in Chiker village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chiker village of Rayagada.

Work Profile

In Chiker village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 0.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 99.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.