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Chikhalgaon Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Chikhalgaon is a medium size village located in Rajapur Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 157 families residing. The Chikhalgaon village has population of 552 of which 229 are males while 323 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikhalgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 50 which makes up 9.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikhalgaon village is 1410 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikhalgaon as per census is 923, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Chikhalgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikhalgaon village was 74.30 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Chikhalgaon Male literacy stands at 86.70 % while female literacy rate was 65.89 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Chikhalgaon 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 Chikhalgaon village.

Chikhalgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 552 229 323
Child (0-6) 50 26 24
Schedule Caste 30 14 16
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 74.30 % 86.70 % 65.89 %
Total Workers 274 125 149
Main Worker 154 - -
Marginal Worker 120 44 76

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.43 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.18 % of total population in Chikhalgaon village.

Work Profile

In Chikhalgaon village out of total population, 274 were engaged in work activities. 56.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 274 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.