Sihika Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Sihika is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 66 families residing. The Sihika village has population of 352 of which 178 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sihika village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 12.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sihika village is 978 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sihika as per census is 720, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Sihika village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sihika village was 66.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sihika Male literacy stands at 76.47 % while female literacy rate was 57.69 %.

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

Sihika Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	66	-	-
Population	352	178	174
Child (0-6)	43	25	18
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	349	177	172
Literacy	66.99 %	76.47 %	57.69 %
Total Workers	193	96	97
Main Worker	44	-	-
Marginal Worker	149	64	85

Caste Factor

In Sihika village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.15 % of total population in Sihika village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sihika village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Sihika village out of total population, 193 were engaged in work activities. 22.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 193 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.