Chikni observes Bastar Dussehra on Monday, 21 September 2026, along with the rest of Chhattisgarh.
By population, Chikni ranks #13 of 63 villages in Odgi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chikni is a village of 1,379 people in 293 households (Census 2011) in Odgi tehsil, Surajpur district, Chhattisgarh, the 13th-largest of 63 villages in Odgi tehsil. Literacy is 33%, 13 points below the tehsil average of 46% and the sex ratio is 999 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 497231, served by Bhaiyathan post office; the LGD village code is 432679. The sarpanch is Subhag Singh Markam, and the village votes in Keshkal assembly constituency, represented by MLA Neelkanth Tekam. The population is estimated at 1,626 in 2026, up 18% 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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