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Chiknaikuri Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chiknaikuri is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 66 families residing. The Chiknaikuri village has population of 258 of which 128 are males while 130 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chiknaikuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 6.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chiknaikuri village is 1016 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chiknaikuri as per census is 1429, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chiknaikuri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chiknaikuri village was 72.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chiknaikuri Male literacy stands at 79.34 % while female literacy rate was 65.83 %.

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

Chiknaikuri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 66 - -
Population 258 128 130
Child (0-6) 17 7 10
Schedule Caste 190 92 98
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.61 % 79.34 % 65.83 %
Total Workers 79 69 10
Main Worker 18 - -
Marginal Worker 61 51 10

Caste Factor

In Chiknaikuri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.64 % of total population in Chiknaikuri village. The village Chiknaikuri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chiknaikuri village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 22.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.