# Sigid Village, Erki, Khunti (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Erki, Khunti 

# Sigid

Sigid is a village in Erki sub-district of Khunti district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **962 people in 226 households**, the 27th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.2%.

- 962people (2011)
- 226households
- 61.8%literacy
- 1,152females per 1,000 males

## Sigid PIN code and other codes

Sigid falls in Erki sub-district, Khunti district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatUper Balalong
- Community development blockErki
- Census village code375435

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

## How far is Sigid from nearby towns?

- Bundu (district HQ)23 km by road
- Bundu (nearest town)23 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 Sigid?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Sigid; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bundu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bundu
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ranchi
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Sigid known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 1% of the 402 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Sigid

Of every 100 households in Sigid in 2011, 0 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sigid · ■ Erki rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**2%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**100%

Use banking services ****25%**

**32%

Television ****2%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**13%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****16%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sigid?

■ Sigid · ■ Erki rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**54.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1152**

**991

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1242**

**942

Working population ****56.5%**

**55.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 47.9% for women. 58% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 223 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (29%) · **■** Household industry 49 (9%) · **■** Other work 34 (6%) · **■** Marginal 79 (15%)

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 Erki

- Katui1,010 people
- Kuri1,010 people
- Kurunga1,007 people
- Gitilbera976 people
- Maipa960 people
- Badani890 people
- Lebed864 people
- Rumchu864 people

[All 128 villages in Erki](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/khunti/erki/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sigid from Bundu?23 km by road
- What is the population of Sigid?962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sigid in?Khunti district (Erki sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Sigid?61.8% (Census 2011)