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Village snapshot
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Sikta is a village in Dumraon mandal, Buxar district, Bihar with a population of 446 across 67 households. It has a literacy rate of 67.7% and postal code 802126.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DHANJAY TIWARI
Contact: 99****8633
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- LGD code
- 248172
- Pincode
- 802126
- Post office
- Koran Sarai
- Population
- 446
- Households
- 67
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Sex ratio
- 948 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 146
- Distance to district centre
- 198 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 205 km
- Distance to Patna
- 166 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 619 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sikta · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Health Post Amarptti · 12 km
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Sikta ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Sikta ranks #58 of 94 villages in Dumraon mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.7%
+11.9% vs mandal average
- Sikta
- 67.7%
- Dumraon mandal
- 55.8%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
948
+20 vs mandal average
- Sikta
- 948
- Dumraon mandal
- 928
Household size
people per home
6.7
+0.5 vs mandal average
- Sikta
- 6.7
- Dumraon mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sikta ఒక్క చూపులో
Sikta Biharలోని Buxar జిల్లా, Dumraon బ్లాక్లో 446 జనాభా 67 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Dumraon బ్లాక్లోని 94 గ్రామాలలో 58వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 68%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 56% కంటే 12 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 948 మహిళలు. ఇది Buxar జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 198 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Ramgarhwa నుండి 19 కి.మీ, Sikta రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 1 లోపు కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 802126, Koran Sarai పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 248172. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Health Post Amarptti, 12 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ DHANJAY TIWARI; గ్రామం Bachhwara అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Surendra Mehta. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 526, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Kasian →
సమీప గ్రామాల పోలిక
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sikta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 5
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kashia
- Total area (ha)
- 96
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 60
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sikta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Sikta
- LGD code
- 248172
- Pincode
- 802126
- Post office
- Koran Sarai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 446
- Population (projected 2026)
- 526
- Households
- 67
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 948
- Literacy rate
- 67.7%
- Coordinates
- 27.02558°N, 84.68215°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bachhwara
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Surendra Mehta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DHANJAY TIWARI
- Block / Mandal
- Dumraon
చేరుకోవడం
Sikta ఎలా చేరుకోవాలి
నగరాలకు దూరం · సరళ రేఖ
- Patna166 kmcapital
- Kolkata619 km
- Delhi756 km
- Hyderabad1247 km
రకం వారీగా సమీపం · ప్రాంతంలో ఎక్కడైనా
- Railway stationSikta<1 km
- Hospital / PHCHealth Post Amarptti12 km
- ATM / bankSBI ATM17 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil18 km
- CollegeMahatma Gandhi Central University51 km
- Police stationPolice Station18 km
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Villages sharing pincode 802126
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)