Chikni
Kursakanta block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854332
· village code 221934
Population 2011
1,328
Census of India
Population 2020
1,395
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.0%
67 people · 0.5% a year
Households
270
+4.3% vs 259 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,328
Male / female
704 / 624
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
886
Children aged 0–6
271
Literacy rate
52.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
322 / 1
Working population
547
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.7%
Households
259
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 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
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
242
Non-farm households
18
Share of households farming, 2020
93%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 55 / 18
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Siktia panchayat, Kursakanta 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
₹24.83 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.08 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.32 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.31 lakh · received ₹7.60 lakh · spent ₹21.82 lakh · left ₹2.09 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.52 lakh · received ₹11.48 lakh · spent ₹12.50 lakh · left ₹7.50 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3604, 87.4539 —
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