# Sikri Village, Dasua, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Dasua, Hoshiarpur 

# Sikri

Sikri is a village in Dasua sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **144202**. The 2011 Census counted **2,376 people in 497 households**, the 17th largest of 379 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.9%.

- 2,376people (2011)
- 497households
- 85.5%literacy
- 144202PIN code

## Sikri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Sikri is 144202.** Sikri falls in Dasua sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code144202
- Gram panchayatSikri
- Community development blockBhunga
- Census village code030699

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

## How far is Sikri from nearby towns?

- Dasua (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)20 km by road
- Urmar Tanda (nearest town)10 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 Sikri?

20 services counted by the Census are inside Sikri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Community health centreIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Allopathic hospitalIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 2 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jhawan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 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 Sikri known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 71% of the 481 hectares of village land is sown, and 315 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 Sikri

Of every 100 households in Sikri in 2011, 95 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 70 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 63 a two-wheeler and 17 a car.

■ Sikri · ■ Dasua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**38%

Tap water ****39%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**89%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****70%**

**63%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****29%**

**35%

Use banking services ****92%**

**85%

Television ****89%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****63%**

**55%

Car / jeep / van ****17%**

**10%

None of these assets ****3%**

**3%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Sikri?

■ Sikri · ■ Dasua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.5%**

**83.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**827

Working population ****32.7%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 80.9% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 250 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (13%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 253 (33%) · **■** Marginal 154 (20%)

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 Dasua

- Ghogra2,751 people
- Tahli2,602 people
- Khuda2,595 people
- Jhawan2,533 people
- Jhingar Kalan2,357 people
- Salempur2,191 people
- Munak Kalan2,167 people
- Argowal2,082 people

[All 398 villages in Dasua](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/dasua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Sikri?144202
- How far is Sikri from Hoshiarpur?20 km by road
- What is the population of Sikri?2,376 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikri in?Hoshiarpur district (Dasua sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Sikri?85.5% (Census 2011)