# Sikia Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Sikia

Sikia is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,794 people in 255 households**, the 109th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,794people (2011)
- 255households
- 74.5%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikia

Of every 100 households in Sikia in 2011, 64 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Sikia · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**36%

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

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**72%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**25%

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

**7%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****99%**

**73%

Television ****63%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**17%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**8%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Sikia?

■ Sikia · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**902

Working population ****25.0%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 58.2% for women. 35% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (5%) · **■** Household industry 9 (2%) · **■** Other work 221 (49%) · **■** Marginal 138 (31%)

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 Chunar

- Pachegara1,858 people
- Pachewara1,858 people
- Deoria1,851 people
- Adhwar1,828 people
- Khanpur1,791 people
- Gogahara1,790 people
- Jamui1,784 people
- Shivpur1,780 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikia?1,794 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikia in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikia?74.5% (Census 2011)