Sika
Padwa block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123
· village code 366027
Population 2011
1,178
Census of India
Population 2020
1,300
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+10.4%
122 people · 1.1% a year
Households
363
+40.7% vs 258 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,178
Male / female
633 / 545
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
861
Children aged 0–6
185
Literacy rate
60.1%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
83 / 504
Working population
548
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
62.2%
Households
258
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
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
200
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
33
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
54
Non-farm households
42
Share of households farming, 2020
56%
Net sown area
8 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
8 / 7 / 0
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gari Khas panchayat, Padwa 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
₹7.30 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.01 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹17.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹1.07 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹836 · received ₹4.41 lakh · spent ₹4.41 lakh · left ₹454
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.29 lakh · received ₹6.61 lakh · spent ₹12.83 lakh · left ₹1.06 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1441, 84.0757 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Palamu ·
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