# Sihika Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Sihika

Sihika is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **447 people in 99 households**, the 164th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 447people (2011)
- 99households
- 58.9%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sihika

Of every 100 households in Sihika in 2011, 22 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sihika · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****25%**

**68%

Television ****11%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**22%

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 Sihika?

■ Sihika · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**954

Working population ****44.7%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 50.0% for women. 56% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (12%) · **■** Marginal 165 (82%)

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 Chhatna

- Anturi Bana461 people
- Khobradihi461 people
- Barabanagram459 people
- Dumda457 people
- Karra445 people
- Palla445 people
- Rampur443 people
- Dubra442 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sihika?447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sihika in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sihika?58.9% (Census 2011)