# Siktauna Village, Itarhi, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Itarhi, Buxar 

# Siktauna

Siktauna is a village in Itarhi sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **857 people in 137 households**, the 71st largest of 133 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 857people (2011)
- 137households
- 67.0%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Siktauna PIN code and other codes

Siktauna falls in Itarhi sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatAtrauna
- Community development blockItarhi
- Census village code248703

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Siktauna from nearby towns?

- Itarhi (sub-district HQ)2 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)12 km by road
- Buxar (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Siktauna?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Siktauna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sarasti
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisaudha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 5 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Siktauna known for?

The main crops are **paddy, wheat and oil seeds**. About 82% of the 183 hectares of village land is sown, and 150 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Siktauna

Of every 100 households in Siktauna in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Siktauna · ■ Itarhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**55%

Television ****26%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Siktauna?

■ Siktauna · ■ Itarhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**946

Working population ****33.5%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.2% for men and 57.7% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 31 (11%) · **■** Marginal 252 (88%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Itarhi

- Pithni977 people
- Madan Dehra958 people
- Chandu Dehra877 people
- Chilbili875 people
- Makundpur855 people
- Shauna843 people
- Chamela807 people
- Turai Dehra803 people

[All 167 villages in Itarhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/itarhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Siktauna from Buxar?12 km by road
- What is the population of Siktauna?857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Siktauna in?Buxar district (Itarhi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Siktauna?67.0% (Census 2011)