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Chikni Population - Araria, Bihar

Chikni is a medium size village located in Kursakatta Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 259 families residing. The Chikni village has population of 1328 of which 704 are males while 624 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikni village population of children with age 0-6 is 271 which makes up 20.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikni village is 886 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikni as per census is 869, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Chikni village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikni village was 65.47 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Chikni Male literacy stands at 75.49 % while female literacy rate was 54.22 %.

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

Chikni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,328 704 624
Child (0-6) 271 145 126
Schedule Caste 322 166 156
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 65.47 % 75.49 % 54.22 %
Total Workers 547 334 213
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 498 295 203

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.25 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.08 % of total population in Chikni village.

Work Profile

In Chikni village out of total population, 547 were engaged in work activities. 8.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 547 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.