About Sidam Village

Sidam is a small village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 126 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.59 hectares hectares.

Sidam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sidam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Area (hectares)	151.59 hectares
Population	225
Male Population	126
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	786
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 Sidam compares

By the 2011 count Sidam is the 56th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 151.59 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1010.

Getting to Sidam

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

Sidam lies about 34 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 13 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 Sidam
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	13 km
District headquarters	Khunti	34 km

Villages closest to Sidam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sidam village had a population of 225. That makes it the 56th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Sidam village has 126 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sidam has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Sidam covers 151.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sidam falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sidam is Pakra, about 13 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 Sidam.

Sidam is about 34 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sidam is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Rania is about 6.7 km away. Pakra is about 13 km away. Khunti is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.