As of 2001[update] India census,[3] Chikiti had a population of 10,801. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chikiti has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5% of that time; with male literacy of 74% and female literacy of 51%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.[citation needed]
Current MLA from Chikiti Assembly Constituency is Shmt. Usha Devi of BJD, who won the seat in State elections of 2019, 2014, 2009, 2004 and in 2000 and as a JD candidate in 1990. Previous MLAs from this seat include Chintamani Dyan Samantara who won as independent candidate in 1995 and 1980 and as an INC candidate in 1985, and Jagannath Pati of JNP in 1977.[5]
Maximum summer temperature is 37°C; minimum winter temperature is 16°C. The mean daily temperature varies from 33°C to 38°C. May is the hottest month; December is the coldest. The average annual rainfall is 1250mm and the region receives monsoon and torrential rainfall from July to October.
↑Genealogical Table of the Zamindaras of Chikiti, Chikiti Estate. Sachhidananda Rajendra Deba, 28th Nov 1928. Typed by A. Rama Murthi, Clerk, Chikiti Estate.
↑Panda, Dr. Sanjay Kumar (2014). Chiktira Sahitya O Sahityika[Chikiti's literature & litterateurs] (in Odia). Bhubaneswar: Sahitya Swetapadma. pp.15–16. ISBN978-93-80759-65-4.
