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Chikatiya Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Chikatiya is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 195 families residing. The Chikatiya village has population of 1070 of which 533 are males while 537 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikatiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 15.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikatiya village is 1008 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikatiya as per census is 1132, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Chikatiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikatiya village was 94.60 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chikatiya Male literacy stands at 96.72 % while female literacy rate was 92.46 %.

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

Chikatiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 195 - -
Population 1,070 533 537
Child (0-6) 162 76 86
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,061 530 531
Literacy 94.60 % 96.72 % 92.46 %
Total Workers 499 252 247
Main Worker 143 - -
Marginal Worker 356 137 219

Caste Factor

In Chikatiya village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.16 % of total population in Chikatiya village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chikatiya village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Chikatiya village out of total population, 499 were engaged in work activities. 28.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 499 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.