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Chikni Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chikni is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 83 families residing. The Chikni village has population of 445 of which 237 are males while 208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikni village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 17.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikni village is 878 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikni as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chikni village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikni village was 19.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chikni Male literacy stands at 23.12 % while female literacy rate was 14.71 %.

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

Chikni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 83 - -
Population 445 237 208
Child (0-6) 76 38 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 19.24 % 23.12 % 14.71 %
Total Workers 118 104 14
Main Worker 83 - -
Marginal Worker 35 26 9

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Chikni village of Uttar Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Chikni village out of total population, 118 were engaged in work activities. 70.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 118 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.