About Sikatia Village

Sikatia is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 62 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sikatia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikatia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814102
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	124
Male Population	62
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Sikatia compares

By the 2011 count Sikatia is the 275th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Sikatia

Sikatia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sikatia 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 Sikatia from other places

Sikatia lies about 63 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 3.5 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 Sikatia
Nearest railway station	Godda	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	31 km
District headquarters	Dumka	63 km

Villages closest to Sikatia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikatia village had a population of 124. That makes it the 275th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Sikatia village has 62 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikatia has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Sikatia is 814102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sikatia covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sikatia falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sikatia is Godda, about 3.5 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 Sikatia.

Sikatia is about 63 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikatia is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Godda is about 3.5 km away. Ramgarh is about 31 km away. Dumka is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.