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Chikaniya Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Chikaniya is a medium size village located in Saraiyahat Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 99 families residing. The Chikaniya village has population of 433 of which 218 are males while 215 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikaniya village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 14.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikaniya village is 986 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikaniya as per census is 1214, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chikaniya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikaniya village was 33.42 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chikaniya Male literacy stands at 42.11 % while female literacy rate was 24.31 %.

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

Chikaniya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 99 - -
Population 433 218 215
Child (0-6) 62 28 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 36 17 19
Literacy 33.42 % 42.11 % 24.31 %
Total Workers 136 128 8
Main Worker 132 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.31 % of total population in Chikaniya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chikaniya village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Chikaniya village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 97.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.