# Chhikara Village, Mahavan, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mahavan, Mathura 

# Chhikara

Chhikara is a village in Mahavan sub-district of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,030 people in 183 households**, the 81st largest of 148 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,030people (2011)
- 183households
- 73.7%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Chhikara

Of every 100 households in Chhikara in 2011, 44 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chhikara · ■ Mahavan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**83%

Tap water ****71%**

**18%

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

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**90%

Use banking services ****77%**

**71%

Television ****37%**

**47%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**29%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**9%

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 Chhikara?

■ Chhikara · ■ Mahavan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**860

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1061**

**866

Working population ****53.9%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 60.9% for women. 58% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (15%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 93 (17%) · **■** Marginal 286 (52%)

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 Mahavan

- Shahjadpur1,197 people
- Khanpur1,160 people
- Bhudha1,131 people
- Mazahidpur1,054 people
- Narhauli Junnardar1,029 people
- Nagla Qazi1,002 people
- Bharau Garh995 people
- Fatehpura988 people

[All 162 villages in Mahavan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/mahavan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Chhikara?1,030 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chhikara in?Mathura district (Mahavan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chhikara?73.7% (Census 2011)