Sikhar
Shikhar block · Mirzapur
district, Uttar Pradesh · PIN 231306
· village code 212374
Population 2011
3,169
Census of India
Population 2020
3,625
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.4%
456 people · 1.5% a year
Households
596
+10.2% vs 541 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,169
Male / female
1,635 / 1,534
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
466
Literacy rate
61.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
351 / 0
Working population
1,134
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.9%
Households
541
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
192
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
415
Non-farm households
175
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
150 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
148 / 150 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sikhar panchayat, Shikhar 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
₹5.60 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.36 lakh
Received directly
₹8,376
Spent
₹15.22 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.73 lakh · received ₹4.55 lakh · spent ₹6.25 lakh · left ₹10,352
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.87 lakh · received ₹6.82 lakh · spent ₹8.96 lakh · left ₹1.73 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1712, 82.8194 —
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