# Chikani Village, Bajna, Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Bajna, Ratlam 

# Chikani

Chikani is a village in Bajna sub-district of Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,570 people in 411 households**, the 5th largest of 127 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 18.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 43.5%.

- 1,570people (2011)
- 411households
- 18.9%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Chikani PIN code and other codes

Chikani falls in Bajna sub-district, Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBajna
- Census village code470679

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chikani from nearby towns?

- Bajna (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Ratlam (district HQ)40 km by road
- Ratlam (nearest town)40 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chikani?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Chikani; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bajna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ratlam
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ratlam
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chikani known for?

About 22% of the 877 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chikani

Of every 100 households in Chikani in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Chikani · ■ Bajna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****46%**

**20%

Television ****0%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**9%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****96%**

**86%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chikani?

■ Chikani · ■ Bajna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****18.9%**

**43.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**989

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**927

Working population ****50.6%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 22.8% for men and 15.0% for women. 52% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 164 (21%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 619 (78%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bajna

- Bajna3,714 people
- Kundanpur1,860 people
- Sangesara1,833 people
- Chhawani Jhodiya1,729 people
- Gadigamna1,555 people
- Karbal Khora1,463 people
- Raipada1,245 people
- Rajapura1,243 people

[All 128 villages in Bajna](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/ratlam/bajna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chikani from Ratlam?40 km by road
- What is the population of Chikani?1,570 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chikani in?Ratlam district (Bajna sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chikani?18.9% (Census 2011)