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About Sikti Village

Sikti is a small village in Bagaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 252 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.8 hectares hectares.

Sikti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikti village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Bagaha
Area (hectares) 87.8 hectares
Population 464
Male Population 252
Female Population 212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sikti compares

By the 2011 count Sikti is the 96th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents. Its 87.8 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 907.

Getting to Sikti

Sikti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sikti as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sikti from other places

Sikti lies about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gauri Sriram, about 3.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sikti
Nearest railway station Gauri Sriram 3.1 km
Nearest town Padrauna 24 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 34 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagaha 35 km

Villages closest to Sikti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bagaha tehsil.

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 Sikti

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikti village had a population of 464. That makes it the 96th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents.

Sikti village has 252 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikti has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Sikti covers 87.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sikti falls under Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sikti is Gauri Sriram, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Sikti is about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikti is in Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gauri Sriram is about 3.1 km away. Padrauna is about 24 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipardarhi (5.5 km), Banchehri (8.8 km) and Kaimabandh (8.8 km).

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

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