# Sihika Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Sihika

Sihika is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **352 people in 66 households**, the 155th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 352people (2011)
- 66households
- 67.0%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sihika

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

■ Sihika · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****25%**

**50%

Television ****0%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**21%

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 · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****720**

**937

Working population ****54.8%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 57.7% for women. 54% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 39 (20%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 149 (77%)

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 Kashipur

- Shyambathan364 people
- Pathariagora355 people
- Ghorakata354 people
- Chaka353 people
- Sunra348 people
- Dumdapahari342 people
- Mosla341 people
- Suaria341 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sihika?352 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sihika in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sihika?67.0% (Census 2011)