# Sikata Village, Chandauli, Chandauli (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chandauli, Chandauli 

# Sikata

Sikata is a village in Chandauli sub-district of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,495 people in 218 households**, the 158th largest of 438 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 1,495people (2011)
- 218households
- 69.1%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikata

Of every 100 households in Sikata in 2011, 12 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 35 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sikata · ■ Chandauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**75%

Tap water ****12%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**89%

Use banking services ****89%**

**72%

Television ****50%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****35%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**10%

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 Sikata?

■ Sikata · ■ Chandauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****779**

**909

Working population ****35.7%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 60.0% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 135 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 177 (33%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 58 (11%) · **■** Marginal 155 (29%)

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 Chandauli

- Duri Kot1,507 people
- Narhan Kala1,504 people
- Kabirpur1,502 people
- Alahi1,499 people
- Puraini1,494 people
- Pakhanpura1,489 people
- Salempur1,484 people
- Ovar Chak1,466 people

[All 513 villages in Chandauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chandauli/chandauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikata?1,495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikata in?Chandauli district (Chandauli sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikata?69.1% (Census 2011)