Sikta
Dumraon block · Buxar
district, Bihar · PIN 802126
· village code 248172
Population 2011
446
Census of India
Population 2020
675
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+51.4%
229 people · 4.7% a year
Households
40
-40.3% vs 67 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
446
Male / female
229 / 217
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
948
Children aged 0–6
69
Literacy rate
67.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 24
Working population
146
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.3%
Households
67
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 1 km away
No
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
82
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
20
Non-farm households
15
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
59 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
59 / 18 / 18
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kasian panchayat, Dumraon 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
₹29.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.91 lakh
Received directly
₹62,064
Spent
₹30.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹13.69 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.16 lakh · received ₹5.54 lakh · spent ₹6.40 lakh · left ₹11.93 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.16 lakh · received ₹8.37 lakh · spent ₹23.77 lakh · left ₹1.76 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5856, 84.1428 —
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