About Sikda Village

Sikda is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 19 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,263 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sikda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	829406
Area (hectares)	381.59 hectares
Population	43
Male Population	19
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,263
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 Sikda compares

By the 2011 count Sikda is the 208th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 381.59 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Sikda

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

Sikda lies about 50 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Gurpa, about 26 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 Sikda
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	13 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	17 km
Nearest railway station	Gurpa	26 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	50 km

Villages closest to Sikda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikda village had a population of 43. That makes it the 208th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Sikda village has 19 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikda has about 1263 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Sikda is 829406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sikda covers 381.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sikda falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sikda is Gurpa, about 26 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 Sikda.

Sikda is about 50 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikda is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 13 km away. Bagaha is about 17 km away. Gurpa is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.