# Sihikapahari Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Sihikapahari

Sihikapahari is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **433 people in 79 households**, the 170th largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 433people (2011)
- 79households
- 60.3%literacy
- 1,062females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sihikapahari

Of every 100 households in Sihikapahari in 2011, 16 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sihikapahari · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

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

**9%

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

**4%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****35%**

**68%

Television ****0%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Sihikapahari?

■ Sihikapahari · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1062**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**954

Working population ****53.3%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 44.6% for women. 56% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 24 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (8%) · **■** Marginal 184 (80%)

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

- Palla445 people
- Rampur443 people
- Dubra442 people
- Nawada441 people
- Pitha Bad432 people
- Chandra428 people
- Lakshmanpur428 people
- Khaira Kanali421 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sihikapahari?433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sihikapahari in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sihikapahari?60.3% (Census 2011)