Chikhala(Kalibelsaja)
Waghai block · Dang
district, Gujarat · PIN 394715
· village code 522570
Population 2011
649
Census of India
Population 2020
843
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.9%
194 people · 2.9% a year
Households
125
+5.0% vs 119 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
649
Male / female
346 / 303
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
876
Children aged 0–6
146
Literacy rate
40.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 649
Working population
385
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
97.7%
Households
119
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
101
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
34
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
48
Non-farm households
77
Share of households farming, 2020
38%
Net sown area
144 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
53 / 144 / 134
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhalkhet panchayat, Waghai 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
₹35.62 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹15.66 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.77 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹32.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹13.07 lakh · received ₹6.26 lakh · spent ₹8.05 lakh · left ₹11.29 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹22.55 lakh · received ₹9.40 lakh · spent ₹10.72 lakh · left ₹21.22 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
20.7748, 73.4995 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dang district ·
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staffing across Dang ·
…and across Gujarat