# Sikra Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Sikra

Sikra is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,795 people in 317 households**, the 102nd largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 1,795people (2011)
- 317households
- 61.2%literacy
- 872females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikra

Of every 100 households in Sikra in 2011, 33 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sikra · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**85%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**91%

Use banking services ****43%**

**73%

Television ****18%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****26%**

**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 Sikra?

■ Sikra · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.2%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****872**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**912

Working population ****37.4%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.5% for men and 47.8% for women. 45% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 116 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 329 (49%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 69 (10%) · **■** Marginal 146 (22%)

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 Meja

- Sukulpur1,878 people
- Atari Amiliya1,860 people
- Akbar Shahpur1,855 people
- Girdharpur1,809 people
- Badhiyari Kalan1,773 people
- Hargarh1,760 people
- Chaukatha Narvar Uparhar1,759 people
- Tigja1,759 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikra?1,795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikra in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikra?61.2% (Census 2011)