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Sikatani Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Sikatani is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 74 families residing. The Sikatani village has population of 371 of which 184 are males while 187 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sikatani village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 14.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sikatani village is 1016 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sikatani as per census is 1348, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sikatani village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sikatani village was 30.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sikatani Male literacy stands at 41.61 % while female literacy rate was 19.87 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sikatani 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 Sikatani village.

Sikatani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 371 184 187
Child (0-6) 54 23 31
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 364 181 183
Literacy 30.91 % 41.61 % 19.87 %
Total Workers 231 115 116
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 9 6 3

Caste Factor

In Sikatani village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.11 % of total population in Sikatani village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sikatani village of Maldah.

Work Profile

In Sikatani village out of total population, 231 were engaged in work activities. 96.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 231 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 162 were Agricultural labourer.