About Sikni Village

Sikni is a small village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 126 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sikni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	58 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	126
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
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 Sikni compares

By the 2011 count Sikni is the 110th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Sikni

Sikni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sikni 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 Sikni from other places

Sikni lies about 112 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 6.1 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 Sikni
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	6.1 km
Nearest town	Garhwa	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	29 km
District headquarters	Chatra	112 km

Villages closest to Sikni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikni village had a population of 254. That makes it the 110th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Sikni village has 126 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikni has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Sikni is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sikni covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sikni falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sikni is Meralgram, about 6.1 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 Sikni.

Sikni is about 112 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikni is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Meralgram is about 6.1 km away. Garhwa is about 7.4 km away. Pratappur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.