# Sikta Village, Bansi, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansi, Siddharthnagar 

# Sikta

Sikta is a village in Bansi sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,974 people in 299 households**, the 30th largest of 707 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%.

- 1,974people (2011)
- 299households
- 59.3%literacy
- 1,191females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikta

Of every 100 households in Sikta in 2011, 22 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Sikta · ■ Bansi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**90%

Tap water ****28%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**44%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****86%**

**79%

Television ****20%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**9%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Sikta?

■ Sikta · ■ Bansi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**60.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1191**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1058**

**938

Working population ****26.1%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 49.2% for women. 39% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 156 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (24%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 80 (16%) · **■** Marginal 152 (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 Bansi

- Baraon Nankar2,068 people
- Gohar2,029 people
- Sekhui2,023 people
- Nasirganj1,983 people
- Suhairanpurwa1,971 people
- Kathmorwa1,968 people
- Mithwal Buzurg1,966 people
- Semra Mustahkam1,951 people

[All 776 villages in Bansi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/bansi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sikta?1,974 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikta in?Siddharthnagar district (Bansi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikta?59.3% (Census 2011)