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Sikta Kalan observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Jogapatti mandal is Sarveshwar Mahadev Temple. No temple of this dedication is on record within Sikta Kalan itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Sikta Kalan ranks #78 of 106 villages in Jogapatti mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sikta Kalan is a village of 856 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Jogapatti block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 78th-largest of 106 villages in Jogapatti block. Literacy is 50%, 10 points above the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 861 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 845451, served by D.K.Shikarpur post office; the LGD village code is 217145. The sarpanch is MANOJ KUMAR YADAV , and the village votes in Aurai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rama Nishad. The population is estimated at 1,009 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barwaojha →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Jogapatti mandal
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