Chikni observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Chikni is a village in Raxaul mandal, Purbi Champaran district, Bihar. It has a population of 2,877 across 488 households with a literacy rate of 36.1%.
By population, Chikni ranks #21 of 43 villages in Raxaul mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikni is a village of 2,877 people in 488 households (Census 2011) in Raxaul block, Purbi Champaran district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 43 villages in Raxaul block. Literacy is 36%, 3 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 875 women per 1,000 men. It lies 244 km from the Purbi Champaran district centre, 0 km from Chikni, the nearest town, 4 km from Telta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845305, served by Raxaul post office; the LGD village code is 217484. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dalkhola Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 574 in 2026, down 80% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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