Sikni
Manatu block · Palamu
district, Jharkhand · PIN 822123
· village code 366172
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,221 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 480 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,221
Male / female
630 / 591
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
938
Children aged 0–6
221
Literacy rate
53.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
255 / 0
Working population
363
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
44.9%
Households
242
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
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
20
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
No
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
55
Non-farm households
5
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
4 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 4 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Dumari panchayat, Manatu 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
₹14.34 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.81 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.13 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹10.02 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.63 lakh · received ₹5.52 lakh · spent ₹11.05 lakh · left ₹10,917
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.71 lakh · received ₹8.29 lakh · spent ₹7.09 lakh · left ₹9.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.2162, 84.3998 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Sika
compare · Sikda
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Palamu district ·
School
staffing across Palamu ·
…and across Jharkhand