Chikaniya
Saraiyahat block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814151
· village code 369362
Population 2011
433
Census of India
Population 2020
457
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+5.5%
24 people · 0.6% a year
Households
110
+11.1% vs 99 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
433
Male / female
218 / 215
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
62
Literacy rate
28.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 36
Working population
136
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.0%
Households
99
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 5 km away
No
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
100
Non-farm households
10
Share of households farming, 2020
91%
Net sown area
107 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
107 / 12 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Matihani panchayat, Saraiyahat 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
₹27.20 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.24 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹11.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹14.93 lakh · received ₹4.50 lakh · spent ₹6.27 lakh · left ₹13.16 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.27 lakh · received ₹6.74 lakh · spent ₹5.64 lakh · left ₹13.37 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.5225, 86.9612 —
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