# Sikta Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran 

# Sikta

Sikta is a village in Lauriya sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,666 people in 525 households**, the 33rd largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 2,666people (2011)
- 525households
- 66.2%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Sikta PIN code and other codes

Sikta falls in Lauriya sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatLakad Sisai
- Community development blockLauriya
- Census village code216761

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

## How far is Sikta from nearby towns?

- Lauriya (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)33 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)14 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 Sikta?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Sikta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lauria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps

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 Sikta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 85% of the 69 hectares of village land is sown, and 26 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 Sikta

Of every 100 households in Sikta in 2011, 2 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sikta · ■ Lauriya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**80%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****30%**

**38%

Television ****4%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****38%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Sikta?

■ Sikta · ■ Lauriya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****932**

**966

Working population ****28.2%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.9% for men and 61.2% for women. 41% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 43 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 32 (4%) · **■** Marginal 670 (89%)

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 Lauriya

- Barwa2,949 people
- Baudh tola2,872 people
- Sihpur2,859 people
- Dumra2,843 people
- Khajuria2,591 people
- Bindraban2,478 people
- Dumra2,478 people
- Baswaria2,355 people

[All 96 villages in Lauriya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/lauriya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sikta from Bettiah?33 km by road
- What is the population of Sikta?2,666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikta in?Pashchim Champaran district (Lauriya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sikta?66.2% (Census 2011)