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Chikania Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Chikania is a small village located in Gobindpur Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 22 families residing. The Chikania village has population of 117 of which 67 are males while 50 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikania village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 14.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikania village is 746 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikania as per census is 417, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Chikania village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikania village was 41.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Chikania Male literacy stands at 54.55 % while female literacy rate was 24.44 %.

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

Chikania Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 22 - -
Population 117 67 50
Child (0-6) 17 12 5
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 110 63 47
Literacy 41.00 % 54.55 % 24.44 %
Total Workers 42 34 8
Main Worker 38 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Chikania village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 94.02 % of total population in Chikania village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chikania village of Dhanbad.

Work Profile

In Chikania village out of total population, 42 were engaged in work activities. 90.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 42 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.