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Sika Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sika is a medium size village located in Padwa Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 258 families residing. The Sika village has population of 1178 of which 633 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sika village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 15.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sika village is 861 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sika as per census is 947, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sika village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sika village was 71.30 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sika Male literacy stands at 87.17 % while female literacy rate was 52.53 %.

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

Sika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,178 633 545
Child (0-6) 185 95 90
Schedule Caste 83 45 38
Schedule Tribe 504 275 229
Literacy 71.30 % 87.17 % 52.53 %
Total Workers 548 295 253
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 430 193 237

Caste Factor

In Sika village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.78 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 7.05 % of total population in Sika village.

Work Profile

In Sika village out of total population, 548 were engaged in work activities. 21.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 548 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.