# Sikara Kalan Village, Mirzapur, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mirzapur, Mirzapur 

# Sikara Kalan

Sikara Kalan is a village in Mirzapur sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,713 people in 266 households**, the 174th largest of 611 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%.

- 1,713people (2011)
- 266households
- 70.6%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikara Kalan

Of every 100 households in Sikara Kalan in 2011, 28 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sikara Kalan · ■ Mirzapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**20%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****100%**

**75%

Television ****16%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Sikara Kalan?

■ Sikara Kalan · ■ Mirzapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**69.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**894

Working population ****25.2%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 49.0% for women. 40% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 20 (5%) · **■** Other work 75 (17%) · **■** Marginal 323 (75%)

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 Mirzapur

- Kotawa1,793 people
- Kurkuthiya Pandey1,756 people
- Dunai1,717 people
- Anantram Patti1,714 people
- Gopalpur1,706 people
- Samogara1,690 people
- Digur Patti1,683 people
- Semara Belauha1,672 people

[All 689 villages in Mirzapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/mirzapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikara Kalan?1,713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikara Kalan in?Mirzapur district (Mirzapur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikara Kalan?70.6% (Census 2011)