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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Siktia is a village in Sarath mandal, Deoghar district, Jharkhand. With a population of 308 in 62 households, it has a literacy rate of 36%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Randhir Kumar Ray
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- LGD code
- 354971
- Pincode
- 815355
- Post office
- Nala
- Population
- 308
- Households
- 62
- Literacy rate
- 36%
- Sex ratio
- 1067 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 139
- Distance to district centre
- 67 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 74 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 250 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 280 km
- Nearest railway station
- Godda · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Motia · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Siktia compares
By population, Siktia ranks #199 of 390 villages in Sarath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
36.0%
−15.5% vs mandal average
- Siktia
- 36.0%
- Sarath mandal
- 51.5%
- Deoghar district
- 53.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,067
+137 vs mandal average
- Siktia
- 1,067
- Sarath mandal
- 930
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Siktia
- 5.0
- Sarath mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Siktia at a glance
Siktia is a village of 308 people in 62 households (Census 2011) in Sarath block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 199th-largest of 390 villages in Sarath block. Literacy is 36%, 16 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 1,067 women per 1,000 men. It lies 67 km from the Deoghar district centre, 23 km from Gaura, the nearest town, 3 km from Godda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815355, served by Nala post office; the LGD village code is 354971. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Health Centre, Motia, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Randhir Kumar Ray, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 363 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Siktia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MADHUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 42
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 56
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KUKRAH
- Total area (ha)
- 86
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.39
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Siktia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Siktia
- LGD code
- 354971
- Pincode
- 815355
- Post office
- Nala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 308
- Population (projected 2026)
- 363
- Households
- 62
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1067
- Literacy rate
- 36.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.83113°N, 87.15837°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dumka
- Member of Parliament
- Nalin Soren
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Basant Soren
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Randhir Kumar Ray
- Block / Mandal
- Sarath
Getting there
How to reach Siktia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi250 kmcapital
- Kolkata280 km
- Delhi1073 km
- Hyderabad1222 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGodda3 km
- Hospital / PHCPrimary Health Centre, Motia3 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur48 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station47 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Siktia
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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