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Arikhana Population - Kachchh, Gujarat

Arikhana is a medium size village located in Abdasa Taluka of Kachchh district, Gujarat with total 178 families residing. The Arikhana village has population of 859 of which 448 are males while 411 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Arikhana village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 17.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Arikhana village is 917 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Arikhana as per census is 689, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Arikhana village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Arikhana village was 68.03 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Arikhana Male literacy stands at 78.49 % while female literacy rate was 57.31 %.

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

Arikhana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 178 - -
Population 859 448 411
Child (0-6) 152 90 62
Schedule Caste 59 27 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.03 % 78.49 % 57.31 %
Total Workers 423 262 161
Main Worker 202 - -
Marginal Worker 221 75 146

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.87 % of total population in Arikhana village. The village Arikhana currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Arikhana village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 47.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 133 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.