Chikar Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Chikar is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 103 families residing. The Chikar village has population of 547 of which 278 are males while 269 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chikar village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 16.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chikar village is 968 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Chikar as per census is 660, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Chikar village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Chikar village was 74.73 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Chikar Male literacy stands at 85.33 % while female literacy rate was 64.53 %.

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	103	-	-
Population	547	278	269
Child (0-6)	88	53	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	547	278	269
Literacy	74.73 %	85.33 %	64.53 %
Total Workers	307	148	159
Main Worker	138	-	-
Marginal Worker	169	19	150

Caste Factor

In Chikar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % 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, 307 were engaged in work activities. 44.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 307 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.