Chikni

Ruposhi block · Barpeta district, Assam · PIN 781321 · village code 282752

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,142 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,840 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,142

Male / female

1,587 / 1,555

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

980

Children aged 0–6

679

Literacy rate

42.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 0

Working population

948

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

70.5%

Households

502

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water nearest 10 km away

All-weather road nearest 1 km away

Public transport nearest 10 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre nearest 2 km away

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

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

298

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

340

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

85%

Net sown area

120 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

120 / 80 / 26

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chikni panchayat, Kalgachia 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

₹23.39 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹14.77 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹1.01 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹37.16 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.84 lakh · received ₹5.91 lakh · spent ₹58,500 · left ₹10.17 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹18.55 lakh · received ₹8.86 lakh · spent ₹42,025 · left ₹26.99 lakh

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

Location

26.2703, 90.8219 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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