Chikhla Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Chikhla is a medium size village located in Danta Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 265 families residing. The Chikhla village has population of 1611 of which 825 are males while 786 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikhla village population of children with age 0-6 is 402 which makes up 24.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikhla village is 953 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikhla as per census is 1041, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Chikhla village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikhla village was 33.91 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chikhla Male literacy stands at 45.86 % while female literacy rate was 21.00 %.

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

Chikhla Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	265	-	-
Population	1,611	825	786
Child (0-6)	402	197	205
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,572	802	770
Literacy	33.91 %	45.86 %	21.00 %
Total Workers	459	369	90
Main Worker	304	-	-
Marginal Worker	155	80	75

Caste Factor

In Chikhla village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.58 % of total population in Chikhla village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chikhla village of Banaskantha.

Work Profile

In Chikhla village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 66.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 199 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.