Sikata
Gaur block · Basti
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 272002
· village code 179436
Population 2011
1,759
Census of India
Population 2020
1,810
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.9%
51 people · 0.3% a year
Households
344
+52.2% vs 226 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,759
Male / female
913 / 846
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
231
Literacy rate
69.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
326 / 0
Working population
393
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.9%
Households
226
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
68
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
307
Non-farm households
37
Share of households farming, 2020
89%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 30 / 40
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sikata panchayat, Gaur zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹6.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.52 lakh
Received directly
₹2.14 lakh
Spent
₹9.46 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹6.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹25,886 · received ₹3.01 lakh · spent ₹1.71 lakh · left ₹1.56 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.83 lakh · received ₹4.51 lakh · spent ₹7.75 lakh · left ₹4.74 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.8468, 82.7173 —
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