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Chikni Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Chikni is a medium size village located in Oudgi Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 293 families residing. The Chikni village has population of 1379 of which 690 are males while 689 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikni village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 18.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikni village is 999 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikni as per census is 1105, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Chikni village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikni village was 41.23 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Chikni Male literacy stands at 52.83 % while female literacy rate was 29.35 %.

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 293 - -
Population 1,379 690 689
Child (0-6) 261 124 137
Schedule Caste 65 27 38
Schedule Tribe 1,061 526 535
Literacy 41.23 % 52.83 % 29.35 %
Total Workers 826 449 377
Main Worker 392 - -
Marginal Worker 434 79 355

Caste Factor

In Chikni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.94 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 4.71 % of total population in Chikni village.

Work Profile

In Chikni village out of total population, 826 were engaged in work activities. 47.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 826 workers engaged in Main Work, 311 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.