Shika

Dhansura block · Arvalli district, Gujarat · PIN 383310 · village code 510834

Population 2011

4,310

Census of India

Population 2020

4,994

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+15.9%

684 people · 1.6% a year

Households

1,208

+38.2% vs 874 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

4,310

Male / female

2,290 / 2,020

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

882

Children aged 0–6

551

Literacy rate

69.0%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

346 / 26

Working population

2,138

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

63.2%

Households

874

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

450

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

530

Non-farm households

640

Share of households farming, 2020

45%

Net sown area

270 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

270 / 268 / 120

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Sika panchayat, Dhansura 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

₹25.53 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹21.87 lakh

Received directly

₹14.90 lakh

Spent

₹48.97 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.32 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹8.06 lakh · received ₹8.75 lakh · spent ₹15.35 lakh · left ₹5.46 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹17.47 lakh · received ₹13.12 lakh · spent ₹33.63 lakh · left ₹7.86 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

23.3514, 73.2032 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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