About Siktia Village

Siktia is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 149 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siktia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siktia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	86 hectares
Population	308
Male Population	149
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siktia compares

By the 2011 count Siktia is the 187th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 86 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Siktia

Siktia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Siktia 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Siktia from other places

Siktia lies about 40 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 10 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 Siktia
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarath	11 km
Nearest town	Jāmtāra	21 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	40 km

Villages closest to Siktia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siktia village had a population of 308. That makes it the 187th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Siktia village has 149 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siktia has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Siktia is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siktia covers 86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siktia falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Siktia is Madankata Railway Station, about 10 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Siktia.

Siktia is about 40 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siktia is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Madankata Railway Station is about 10 km away. Sarath is about 11 km away. Jāmtāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.