About Sikta Kalan Village

Sikta Kalan is a mid sized village in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 856, made up of 460 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.1 hectares hectares.

Sikta Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikta Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Jogapatti
Area (hectares)	80.1 hectares
Population	856
Male Population	460
Female Population	396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sikta Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Sikta Kalan is the 71st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 80.1 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Sikta Kalan

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

How far is Sikta Kalan from other places

Sikta Kalan lies about 9.1 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kumarbagh, about 14 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 Sikta Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Jogapatti	6.6 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kumarbagh	14 km
Nearest town	Chanpatia	15 km

Villages closest to Sikta Kalan

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

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Common questions about Sikta Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikta Kalan village had a population of 856. That makes it the 71st largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Sikta Kalan village has 460 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikta Kalan has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Sikta Kalan covers 80.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sikta Kalan falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sikta Kalan is Kumarbagh, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Sikta Kalan is about 9.1 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikta Kalan is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jogapatti is about 6.6 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 9.1 km away. Kumarbagh is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.