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Chikni Barhas Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chikni Barhas is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 244 families residing. The Chikni Barhas village has population of 1294 of which 671 are males while 623 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikni Barhas village population of children with age 0-6 is 279 which makes up 21.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikni Barhas village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikni Barhas as per census is 965, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chikni Barhas village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikni Barhas village was 46.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chikni Barhas Male literacy stands at 52.55 % while female literacy rate was 39.30 %.

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

Chikni Barhas Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 244 - -
Population 1,294 671 623
Child (0-6) 279 142 137
Schedule Caste 68 40 28
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 46.21 % 52.55 % 39.30 %
Total Workers 362 328 34
Main Worker 108 - -
Marginal Worker 254 227 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.26 % of total population in Chikni Barhas village. The village Chikni Barhas currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chikni Barhas village out of total population, 362 were engaged in work activities. 29.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 362 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.