About Sikandara Village

Sikandara is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 102 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sikandara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikandara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	36.47 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	102
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
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 Sikandara compares

By the 2011 count Sikandara is the 265th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 36.47 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Sikandara

Sikandara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sikandara 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. The nearest villages by name are Semra, Shampur, Shiunagar and Sibganjgola. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Sikandara

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikandara village had a population of 215. That makes it the 265th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Sikandara village has 102 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikandara has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Sikandara is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sikandara covers 36.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sikandara falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Sikandara notes the nearest railway station 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 Sikandara.

Sikandara is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.