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Khikina Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Khikina is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 69 families residing. The Khikina village has population of 344 of which 178 are males while 166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khikina village population of children with age 0-6 is 36 which makes up 10.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khikina village is 933 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khikina as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Khikina village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khikina village was 91.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khikina Male literacy stands at 95.00 % while female literacy rate was 87.16 %.

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

Khikina Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 344 178 166
Child (0-6) 36 18 18
Schedule Caste 157 80 77
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.23 % 95.00 % 87.16 %
Total Workers 95 93 2
Main Worker 19 - -
Marginal Worker 76 76 0

Caste Factor

In Khikina village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.64 % of total population in Khikina village. The village Khikina currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khikina village out of total population, 95 were engaged in work activities. 20.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 95 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.