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Sikta Block Population, Caste, Religion Data - Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar

Sikta Block of Pashchim Champaran district has total population of 189,496 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 99,815 are males while 89,681 are females. In 2011 there were total 34,500 families residing in Sikta Block. The Average Sex Ratio of Sikta Block is 898.

As per Census 2011, all of the population of Sikta Block lives in urban areas. The average literacy rate in urban area is 54.8% and the sex ratio of Sikta Block is 898.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sikta Block is 41446 which is 22% of the total population. There are 21239 male children and 20207 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sikta Block is 951 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 898 ) of Sikta Block.

The total literacy rate of Sikta Block is 54.75%. The male literacy rate is 51.43% and the female literacy rate is 33.14% in Sikta Block.

Population
189,496
Families
34,500
Literacy
54.75%
Sex Ratio
898

To facilitate the administration, Sikta Block is further divided into 61 villages.

Sikta Block Data

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Sikta Block.

Total Male Female
Children (Age 0-6) 41,446 21,239 20,207
Literacy 54.75% 51.43% 33.14%
Scheduled Caste 25,102 13,221 11,881
Scheduled Tribe 1,413 771 642
Illiterate 108,436 48,476 59,960

Caste-wise Population - Sikta Block

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.7% of total population in Sikta Block of .

Total Male Female
Schedule Caste 25,102 13,221 11,881
Schedule Tribe 1,413 771 642

Religion-wise Population - Sikta Block

Religion Total Male Female
Hindu 128,335 (67.72%) 67,916 60,419
Muslim 60,463 (31.91%) 31,542 28,921
Christian 161 (0.08%) 82 79
Sikh 192 (0.1%) 102 90
Buddhist 21 (0.01%) 12 9
Jain 20 (0.01%) 9 11
Other Religion 6 (0%) 3 3
No Religion Specified 298 (0.16%) 149 149

Literacy Rate - Sikta Block

Average literacy rate of Sikta Block in 2011 were 54.75% in which, male and female literacy were 65.34% and 42.78% respectively. Total literate in Sikta Block were 81,060 of which male and female were 51,339 and 29,721 respectively.

Sex Ratio - Sikta Block

The Sex Ratio of Sikta Block is 898 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 898 females in Sikta Block. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 951 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio ( 898 ) of Sikta Block.

Child Population - Sikta Block

According to Census 2011, there were 41,446 children between age 0 to 6 years in Sikta Block. Out of which 41,446 were male while 41,446 were female.

Urban/Rural Population - Sikta Block

As per Census 2011, there are total 0 families under Sikta Block living in urban areas while 0 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 0% of total population of Sikta Block lives in Urban areas while 100% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban region is 0 while that in rural region is 41,446.

Total Urban Rural
Population 189,496 0 189,496
Children (0 - 6 years) 41,446 0 41,446
Schedule Caste 25,102 0 25,102
Schedule Tribe 1,413 0 1,413
Literacy 54.75% - 54.75%
Sex Ratio 898 - 898

Working Population - Sikta Block

In Sikta Block out of total population, 71,673 were engaged in work activities. 48.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 71,673 workers engaged in Main Work, 6,007 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22,111 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 34,585 28,191 6,394
Cultivators 6,007 5,225 782
Agriculture Labourer 22,111 17,319 4,792
Household Industries 745 544 201
Other Workers 5,722 5,103 619
Marginal Workers 37,088 19,670 17,418
Non Working 117,823 51,954 65,869

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