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Chikhali Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Chikhali is a medium size village located in Sangameshwar Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 404 families residing. The Chikhali village has population of 1560 of which 731 are males while 829 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikhali village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 7.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikhali village is 1134 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikhali as per census is 917, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Chikhali village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikhali village was 78.55 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Chikhali Male literacy stands at 89.12 % while female literacy rate was 69.38 %.

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

Chikhali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 404 - -
Population 1,560 731 829
Child (0-6) 115 60 55
Schedule Caste 171 85 86
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 78.55 % 89.12 % 69.38 %
Total Workers 837 385 452
Main Worker 599 - -
Marginal Worker 238 73 165

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.96 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.26 % of total population in Chikhali village.

Work Profile

In Chikhali village out of total population, 837 were engaged in work activities. 71.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 837 workers engaged in Main Work, 441 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.