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Sikni Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sikni is a medium size village located in Tarhasi Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 242 families residing. The Sikni village has population of 1221 of which 630 are males while 591 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sikni village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 18.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sikni village is 938 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sikni as per census is 1009, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sikni village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sikni village was 65.10 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sikni Male literacy stands at 75.38 % while female literacy rate was 53.96 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sikni village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Sikni village.

Sikni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 242 - -
Population 1,221 630 591
Child (0-6) 221 110 111
Schedule Caste 255 133 122
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.10 % 75.38 % 53.96 %
Total Workers 363 276 87
Main Worker 114 - -
Marginal Worker 249 182 67

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.88 % of total population in Sikni village. The village Sikni currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sikni village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 31.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.