Sikni
Tarhasi block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822118
· village code 366099
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 450 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 1,359 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
450
Male / female
246 / 204
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
829
Children aged 0–6
92
Literacy rate
34.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
176 / 24
Working population
220
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
21.4%
Households
88
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 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
65
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
68
Non-farm households
204
Share of households farming, 2020
25%
Net sown area
48 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
48 / 11 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Arka panchayat, Tarhasi 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
₹14.79 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹11.80 lakh
Received directly
₹23,000
Spent
₹22.41 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹4.41 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹6.08 lakh · received ₹4.72 lakh · spent ₹8.41 lakh · left ₹2.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.71 lakh · received ₹7.08 lakh · spent ₹14.01 lakh · left ₹2.02 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.0901, 84.3165 —
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Nearby villages
Sika
compare · Sikda
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compare · Silda Khurd
compare · Sildag
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Palamu district ·
School
staffing across Palamu ·
…and across Jharkhand