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About Sidhachatar Village

Sidhachatar is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 376, made up of 198 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sidhachatar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sidhachatar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Shikaripara
Pincode 816118
Area (hectares) 188.27 hectares
Population 376
Male Population 198
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
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 Sidhachatar compares

By the 2011 count Sidhachatar is the 135th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 188.27 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Sidhachatar

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

Sidhachatar lies about 32 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 15 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 Sidhachatar
Nearest railway station Harinsing 15 km
Nearest town Siuri 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikaripara 32 km
District headquarters Dumka 32 km

Villages closest to Sidhachatar

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

Common questions about Sidhachatar

As per the Census of India 2011, Sidhachatar village had a population of 376. That makes it the 135th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Sidhachatar village has 198 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sidhachatar has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Sidhachatar is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sidhachatar covers 188.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sidhachatar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sidhachatar is Harinsing, about 15 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 Sidhachatar.

Sidhachatar is about 32 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sidhachatar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 15 km away. Siuri is about 23 km away. Shikaripara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Telengapara (1.5 km), Phulpahari (1.6 km) and Phulsahari (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sidhachatar today is likely to be higher.

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