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Sikhar Population - Jagatsinghapur, Orissa

Sikhar is a medium size village located in Naugaon Block of Jagatsinghapur district, Orissa with total 353 families residing. The Sikhar village has population of 1338 of which 701 are males while 637 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sikhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 11.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sikhar village is 909 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Sikhar as per census is 949, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Sikhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Sikhar village was 87.69 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Sikhar Male literacy stands at 95.67 % while female literacy rate was 78.86 %.

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

Sikhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 1,338 701 637
Child (0-6) 152 78 74
Schedule Caste 181 96 85
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.69 % 95.67 % 78.86 %
Total Workers 411 378 33
Main Worker 317 - -
Marginal Worker 94 77 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.53 % of total population in Sikhar village. The village Sikhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sikhar village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 77.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 245 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.