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Chikhalia Population - Rajkot, Gujarat

Chikhalia is a medium size village located in Upleta Taluka of Rajkot district, Gujarat with total 350 families residing. The Chikhalia village has population of 1519 of which 783 are males while 736 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikhalia village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 11.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikhalia village is 940 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikhalia as per census is 1000, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Chikhalia village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikhalia village was 77.73 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chikhalia Male literacy stands at 87.23 % while female literacy rate was 67.54 %.

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

Chikhalia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 350 - -
Population 1,519 783 736
Child (0-6) 172 86 86
Schedule Caste 681 360 321
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.73 % 87.23 % 67.54 %
Total Workers 795 494 301
Main Worker 751 - -
Marginal Worker 44 13 31

Caste Factor

In Chikhalia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.83 % of total population in Chikhalia village. The village Chikhalia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chikhalia village out of total population, 795 were engaged in work activities. 94.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 795 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 583 were Agricultural labourer.