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Chikni

Hayaghat block · Darbhanga district, Bihar · PIN 846002 · village code 227565

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 608 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,605 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population
608
Male / female
317 / 291
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
918
Children aged 0–6
145
Literacy rate
34.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
409 / 1
Working population
147
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.8%
Households
119

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 10 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC

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
650
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
36
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
130
Non-farm households
55
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Malhi Patti South panchayat, Hayaghat 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
₹27.26 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.88 lakh
Received directly
Spent
₹19.79 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.35 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.39 lakh · received ₹6.33 lakh · spent ₹9.73 lakh · left ₹2.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹20.88 lakh · received ₹9.55 lakh · spent ₹10.06 lakh · left ₹20.37 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.0180, 85.8940 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Darbhanga district · School staffing across Darbhanga · …and across Bihar