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Chikar Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Chikar is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 314 families residing. The Chikar village has population of 1530 of which 795 are males while 735 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikar village population of children with age 0-6 is 257 which makes up 16.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikar village is 925 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikar as per census is 785, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Chikar village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikar village was 69.68 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chikar Male literacy stands at 78.19 % while female literacy rate was 60.77 %.

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

Chikar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 314 - -
Population 1,530 795 735
Child (0-6) 257 144 113
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,514 783 731
Literacy 69.68 % 78.19 % 60.77 %
Total Workers 929 468 461
Main Worker 915 - -
Marginal Worker 14 3 11

Caste Factor

In Chikar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.95 % of total population in Chikar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chikar village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Chikar village out of total population, 929 were engaged in work activities. 98.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 929 workers engaged in Main Work, 599 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 272 were Agricultural labourer.