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Darjiling villages

West Bengal · Darjiling · Kharibari

Chiku

435
people at the 2011 Census · 215 male, 220 female

Population

Population
435India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
47.28%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
56.90%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
37.71%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
19.19 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1023 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1098 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
19.77%India 13.59%
SC %
13.33%India 16.63%
ST %
75.86%India 8.63%
Household
4.63India 4.85

Work

Workers
50.80%India 39.80%
Female Work
48.64%India 25.52%
Main Workers
57.92%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
49.20%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Chiku in context

With 435 people at the 2011 Census, Chiku was the 495th most populous of its district's 688 villages, below the district average of 1,626.

Literacy stood at 47.28%, 27.0 points below the district's rural average of 74.27%.

The sex ratio was 1023 women per 1,000 men (50 above the district's rural figure of 973) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1098, 175 above the rural national 923.

50.8% of the population were recorded as workers, 12.5 points above the district's rural rate.