# Sikaraha Village, Handia, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Handia, Allahabad 

# Sikaraha

Sikaraha is a village in Handia sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,069 people in 143 households**, the 328th largest of 609 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,069people (2011)
- 143households
- 81.8%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikaraha

Of every 100 households in Sikaraha in 2011, 33 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sikaraha · ■ Handia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**29%

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

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**24%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****79%**

**73%

Television ****35%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Sikaraha?

■ Sikaraha · ■ Handia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**889

Working population ****37.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.3% for men and 73.5% for women. 39% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (20%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 53 (13%) · **■** Marginal 211 (53%)

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 Handia

- Shiki Khurdh1,086 people
- Doadhuya1,081 people
- Kundaura1,078 people
- Darhi1,070 people
- Muinuddinpur1,064 people
- Hariharpur Uperhar1,059 people
- Sahabpur1,053 people
- Valipur1,053 people

[All 625 villages in Handia](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/handia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikaraha?1,069 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikaraha in?Allahabad district (Handia sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikaraha?81.8% (Census 2011)