Chikni
Araria block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 221868
· village code 221868
Population 2011
9,986
Census of India
Population 2020
11,184
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+12.0%
1,198 people · 1.3% a year
Households
2,043
+3.7% vs 1,970 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
9,986
Male / female
5,107 / 4,879
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
955
Children aged 0–6
2,166
Literacy rate
36.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
998 / 13
Working population
3,812
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.3%
Households
1,970
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
543
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,214
Non-farm households
815
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
200 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
200 / 200 / 33
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikani panchayat, Araria zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹16.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.40 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.93 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.41 lakh · received ₹7.20 lakh · spent ₹8.44 lakh · left ₹9.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.84 lakh · received ₹10.87 lakh · spent ₹9.96 lakh · left ₹6.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1441, 87.4719 —
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