Chikhala Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Chikhala is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 119 families residing. The Chikhala village has population of 649 of which 346 are males while 303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikhala village population of children with age 0-6 is 146 which makes up 22.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikhala village is 876 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikhala as per census is 1000, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Chikhala village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikhala village was 51.69 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chikhala Male literacy stands at 64.47 % while female literacy rate was 36.52 %.

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

Chikhala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	119	-	-
Population	649	346	303
Child (0-6)	146	73	73
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	649	346	303
Literacy	51.69 %	64.47 %	36.52 %
Total Workers	385	200	185
Main Worker	238	-	-
Marginal Worker	147	37	110

Caste Factor

In Chikhala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Chikhala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chikhala village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Chikhala village out of total population, 385 were engaged in work activities. 61.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 385 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.