Chikhale
Dahanu block · Palghar
district, Maharashtra · PIN 401602
· village code 551585
Population 2011
4,534
Census of India
Population 2020
5,813
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+28.2%
1,279 people · 2.8% a year
Households
1,531
+36.7% vs 1,120 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
4,534
Male / female
2,227 / 2,307
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,036
Children aged 0–6
522
Literacy rate
67.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
174 / 2,112
Working population
1,790
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
45.0%
Households
1,120
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
430
Teachers
17
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,012
Non-farm households
412
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
3 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 3 / 2
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chikhale panchayat, Dahanu 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
₹1.12 crore
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.31 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹14.89 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.15 crore
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹37.40 lakh · received ₹6.10 lakh · spent ₹6.58 lakh · left ₹36.92 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹74.93 lakh · received ₹11.21 lakh · spent ₹8.31 lakh · left ₹77.82 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
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