Chiku is a village in Kharibari mandal, Darjeeling district, West Bengal. It has a population of 435 across 94 households with a literacy rate of 37.9%.
By population, Chiku ranks #59 of 74 villages in Kharibari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chiku is a village of 435 people in 94 households (Census 2011) in Kharibari block, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, the 59th-largest of 74 villages in Kharibari block. Literacy is 38%, 19 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,023 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Darjeeling district centre, 13 km from Lahugaon, the nearest town, 3 km from Galgalia railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 734427, served by Khoribari post office; the LGD village code is 306801. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Thakurganj, 15 km away. The sarpanch is ALAKSU LAKRA, and the village votes in Phansidewa assembly constituency, represented by Durga Murmu. The population is estimated at 487 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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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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