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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MANOJ
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- LGD code
- 180339
- Pincode
- 272301
- Post office
- Kalwari (Basti)
- Population
- 580
- Households
- 79
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 362
Census 2011 · in context
How Sikta compares
By population, Sikta ranks #583 of 1527 villages in Harraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.5%
+14.6% vs mandal average
- Sikta
- 70.5%
- Harraiya mandal
- 55.9%
- Basti district
- 56.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
+47 vs mandal average
- Sikta
- 1,014
- Harraiya mandal
- 967
Household size
people per home
7.3
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Sikta
- 7.3
- Harraiya mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sikta at a glance
Sikta is a village of 580 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Harraiya tehsil, Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, the 583rd-largest of 1527 villages in Harraiya tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 15 points above the tehsil average of 56% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 272301, served by Kalwari (Basti) post office; the LGD village code is 180339. The sarpanch is MANOJ , and the village votes in Sandila assembly constituency, represented by MLA Alka Singh. The population is estimated at 684 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sarwaliya →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sikta · this village | 580 | 71% | — |
| Sarwaliya · Harraiya | 612 | 62% | — |
| Nankar · Harraiya | 345 | 43% | — |
| Azgara Jot Chauhan · Harraiya | 282 | 70% | — |
| Dhilaha · Harraiya | 263 | 66% | — |
| Misraulia Beran · Harraiya | 2 | 50% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Sikta
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- 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
- BASTI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 26
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 26
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SADWALIYA
- Total area (ha)
- 79.06
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 67.71
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Sikta
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Sikta
- LGD code
- 180339
- Pincode
- 272301
- Post office
- Kalwari (Basti)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 580
- Population (projected 2026)
- 684
- Households
- 79
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 70.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Misrikh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sandila
- Member of Parliament
- Ashok Kumar Rawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Alka Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MANOJ
- Block / Mandal
- Harraiya
Same pincode
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)