# Sikraura Village, Lalganj, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Lalganj, Azamgarh 

# Sikraura

Sikraura is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,294 people in 223 households**, the 159th largest of 517 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,294people (2011)
- 223households
- 70.3%literacy
- 1,150females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikraura

Of every 100 households in Sikraura in 2011, 3 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sikraura · ■ Lalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**42%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****86%**

**79%

Television ****49%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

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 Sikraura?

■ Sikraura · ■ Lalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1150**

**1072

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**913

Working population ****22.5%**

**28.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.6% for men and 61.5% for women. 40% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 60 (21%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 16 (5%) · **■** Marginal 211 (73%)

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 Lalganj

- Asau Tikar1,311 people
- Harni Dehra1,308 people
- Bakspur1,305 people
- Pandeyatarkusa1,299 people
- Amethi1,288 people
- Beili1,284 people
- Hardaspur Hardahi1,271 people
- Mainpur1,268 people

[All 559 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/lalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikraura?1,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikraura in?Azamgarh district (Lalganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikraura?70.3% (Census 2011)