Chikni
Darbhanga block · Darbhanga
district, Bihar · PIN 846009
· village code 227106
Population 2011
520
Census of India
Population 2020
650
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+25.0%
130 people · 2.5% a year
Households
95
+15.8% vs 82 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
520
Male / female
263 / 257
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
977
Children aged 0–6
121
Literacy rate
28.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
185 / 0
Working population
140
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.1%
Households
82
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
80
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sonki panchayat, Darbhanga 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
₹31.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹19.52 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹47.08 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.80 lakh · received ₹7.78 lakh · spent ₹20.25 lakh · left ₹32,690
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.28 lakh · received ₹11.74 lakh · spent ₹26.83 lakh · left ₹3.19 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1420, 85.9988 —
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