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Chitikana Population - Puri, Orissa

Chitikana is a medium size village located in Nimapada Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 332 families residing. The Chitikana village has population of 1598 of which 833 are males while 765 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chitikana village population of children with age 0-6 is 148 which makes up 9.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chitikana village is 918 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Chitikana as per census is 850, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Chitikana village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Chitikana village was 81.59 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Chitikana Male literacy stands at 90.17 % while female literacy rate was 72.31 %.

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

Chitikana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 332 - -
Population 1,598 833 765
Child (0-6) 148 80 68
Schedule Caste 173 90 83
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.59 % 90.17 % 72.31 %
Total Workers 688 507 181
Main Worker 634 - -
Marginal Worker 54 44 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.83 % of total population in Chitikana village. The village Chitikana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chitikana village out of total population, 688 were engaged in work activities. 92.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 688 workers engaged in Main Work, 323 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 211 were Agricultural labourer.