Chikar (Jhavdasaja)
Waghai block · Dang
district, Gujarat · PIN 394730
· village code 522640
Population 2011
1,530
Census of India
Population 2020
1,560
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.0%
30 people · 0.2% a year
Households
314
0.0% vs 314 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,530
Male / female
795 / 735
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
925
Children aged 0–6
257
Literacy rate
58.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 1,514
Working population
929
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.0%
Households
314
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
423
Teachers
12
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
64
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
20%
Net sown area
323 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
323 / 145 / 165
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikar (Jhavdasaja) 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
₹26.35 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹22.63 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹24.91 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹24.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.50 lakh · received ₹9.05 lakh · spent ₹8.56 lakh · left ₹7.98 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.86 lakh · received ₹13.58 lakh · spent ₹16.35 lakh · left ₹16.08 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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