Chikhala
Lonar block · Buldhana
district, Maharashtra · PIN 443301
· village code 529517
Population 2011
1,575
Census of India
Population 2020
1,690
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.3%
115 people · 0.8% a year
Households
450
+24.0% vs 363 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,575
Male / female
825 / 750
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
909
Children aged 0–6
220
Literacy rate
67.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
283 / 0
Working population
811
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.9%
Households
363
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 1 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 1 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
445
Non-farm households
2
Share of households farming, 2020
100%
Net sown area
1,540 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
1,540 / 1,500 / 1,230
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikhala panchayat, Lonar 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
₹28.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.33 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹6.34 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.49 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10.23 lakh · received ₹2.30 lakh · spent ₹3.94 lakh · left ₹8.59 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.26 lakh · received ₹4.03 lakh · spent ₹2.39 lakh · left ₹19.90 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.9820, 76.4011 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Buldhana district ·
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