About Siktiya Village

Siktiya is a mid sized village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 651, made up of 330 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Siktiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siktiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Pincode	815357
Area (hectares)	189 hectares
Population	651
Male Population	330
Female Population	321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siktiya compares

By the 2011 count Siktiya is the 81st largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 189 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Siktiya

Siktiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Siktiya as Available within village. 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 Siktiya from other places

Siktiya 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 Siktiya
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 Siktiya

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 Siktiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Siktiya village had a population of 651. That makes it the 81st largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Siktiya village has 330 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siktiya has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Siktiya is 815357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Siktiya covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siktiya falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Siktiya 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Siktiya.

Siktiya 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.

Siktiya 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.