About Sikid Village

Sikid is a small village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 209 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 682 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sikid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikid village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	682 hectares
Population	424
Male Population	209
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
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 Sikid compares

By the 2011 count Sikid is the 32nd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 682 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 975.

Getting to Sikid

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

Sikid lies about 16 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Bendi, about 19 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 Sikid
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	11 km
District headquarters	Latehar	16 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bendi	19 km

Villages closest to Sikid

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikid village had a population of 424. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Sikid village has 209 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikid has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

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

Sikid covers 682 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sikid falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Sikid is Bendi, about 19 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 Sikid.

Sikid is about 16 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikid is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 11 km away. Latehar is about 16 km away. Lātehār is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.