# Sarkanda Village, Sikanderpur, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sikanderpur, Ballia 

# Sarkanda

Sarkanda is a village in Sikanderpur sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **868 people in 157 households**, the 113th largest of 217 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 868people (2011)
- 157households
- 85.2%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarkanda

Of every 100 households in Sarkanda in 2011, 1 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarkanda · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**78%

Tap water ****8%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**93%

Use banking services ****88%**

**78%

Television ****29%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**11%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Sarkanda?

■ Sarkanda · ■ Sikanderpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**70.7%

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

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**903

Working population ****25.9%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 80.9% for women. 47% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (68%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (16%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (9%) · **■** Marginal 12 (5%)

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 Sikanderpur

- Mueya909 people
- Baramadiya897 people
- Chhatarsand878 people
- Mudera874 people
- Loohar853 people
- Gaji Pakad851 people
- Salempur823 people
- Chak Bhadikara816 people

[All 241 villages in Sikanderpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/sikanderpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarkanda?868 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarkanda in?Ballia district (Sikanderpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sarkanda?85.2% (Census 2011)