Village · Bansi, Siddharthnagar
# Sikta

Sikta is a village in Bansi sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 582 people in 73 households, the 392nd largest of 707 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.5%.
- 582 people (2011)
- 73 households
- 55.7% literacy
- 854 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sikta

Of every 100 households in Sikta in 2011, 3 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Sikta · ■ Bansi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 3% 16%
- Toilet within the home 8% 8%
- No toilet (open defecation) 92% 90%
- Tap water 0% 40%
- Drinking water within premises 88% 44%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 95%
- Use banking services 74% 79%
- Television 8% 13%
- Mobile phone 67% 73%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 2%
- None of these assets 15% 9%
- Own their home 97% 99%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Sikta?

■ Sikta · ■ Bansi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.7% 60.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 854 988
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 578 938
- Working population 21.6% 34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 44.2% for women. 39% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 72 (57%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (2%) · ■ Household industry 2 (2%) · ■ Other work 2 (2%) · ■ Marginal 48 (38%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bansi
- Sorwamafi 593 people
- Chharhata 589 people
- Patkhauli 586 people
- Madhwapur 585 people
- Asidhawa 581 people
- Pali 580 people
- Darwar Bhat 577 people
- Ahirauli Tiwari 575 people

All 776 villages in Bansi

## Other places named Sikta
- Sikta · Sub-district, Pashchim Champaran · 189,496 people
- Sikta · Village, Padrauna, Kushinagar · 6,671 people
- Sikta · Village, Lalganj, Mirzapur · 3,479 people
- Sikta · Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran · 2,666 people
- Sikta · Village, Bansi, Siddharthnagar · 1,974 people
- Sikta · Village, Domariyaganj, Siddharthnagar · 1,885 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Sikta? 582 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikta in? Siddharthnagar district (Bansi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikta? 55.7% (Census 2011)

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