Chikni observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Chikni is a village in Dagarua mandal, Purnia district, Bihar with a population of 1,235 across 268 households and a literacy rate of 38.1%. It is located at coordinates 25.831°N, 87.863°E with PIN code 854326.
By population, Chikni ranks #60 of 154 villages in Dagarua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikni is a village of 1,235 people in 268 households (Census 2011) in Dagarua block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 60th-largest of 154 villages in Dagarua block. Literacy is 38%, 2 points above the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 1,005 women per 1,000 men. It lies 113 km from the Purnia district centre, 0 km from Chikni, the nearest town, 4 km from Telta railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854326, served by Gulabbagh post office; the LGD village code is 224103. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dalkhola Hospital, 5 km away. The sarpanch is sabina khatun, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 574 in 2026, down 54% 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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