About Sikni Village

Sikni is a mid sized village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 944, made up of 471 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 763 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sikni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	763 hectares
Population	944
Male Population	471
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sikni compares

By the 2011 count Sikni is the 34th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 763 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Sikni

Sikni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sikni as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sikni from other places

Sikni lies about 14 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chetar, about 4.6 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 Sikni
Nearest railway station	Chetar	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	12 km
District headquarters	Latehar	14 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	14 km

Villages closest to Sikni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikni village had a population of 944. That makes it the 34th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Sikni village has 471 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikni has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Sikni is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sikni covers 763 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sikni falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sikni is Chetar, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sikni.

Sikni is about 14 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikni is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Chetar is about 4.6 km away. Chandwa is about 12 km away. Latehar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.