Chikhla
Khairlanji block · Balaghat
district, Madhya Pradesh · PIN 481335
· village code 497470
Population 2011
2,316
Census of India
Population 2020
2,835
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+22.4%
519 people · 2.3% a year
Households
680
+12.0% vs 607 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,316
Male / female
1,166 / 1,150
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
986
Children aged 0–6
269
Literacy rate
70.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
244 / 423
Working population
1,332
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.2%
Households
607
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
110
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
170
Non-farm households
130
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
291 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
291 / 60 / 71
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikhla panchayat, Khairlanji 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
₹15.16 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.25 lakh
Received directly
₹1.25 lakh
Spent
₹6.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹15.14 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹4.39 lakh · received ₹2.10 lakh · spent ₹4.39 lakh · left ₹2.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹10.77 lakh · received ₹3.15 lakh · spent ₹2.14 lakh · left ₹13.04 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.7297, 79.8934 —
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