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About Siktia Village

Siktia is a small village in Pranpur tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 183 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares.

Siktia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siktia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Pranpur
Area (hectares) 123 hectares
Population 339
Male Population 183
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Siktia compares

By the 2011 count Siktia is the 66th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,903 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Siktia

Siktia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Siktia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Sadapur, Sahja, Sakraili and Satare. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Siktia

As per the Census of India 2011, Siktia village had a population of 339. That makes it the 66th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,903 residents.

Siktia village has 183 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siktia has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Siktia covers 123 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siktia falls under Pranpur tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The census record for Siktia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Siktia.

Siktia is in Pranpur tehsil of Katihar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Siktia today is likely to be higher.

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