Sikwar Population - Gumla, Jharkhand

Sikwar is a medium size village located in Ghaghra Block of Gumla district, Jharkhand with total 117 families residing. The Sikwar village has population of 659 of which 324 are males while 335 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sikwar village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 19.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sikwar village is 1034 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sikwar as per census is 1246, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sikwar village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sikwar village was 55.18 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sikwar Male literacy stands at 64.42 % while female literacy rate was 45.83 %.

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

Sikwar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	117	-	-
Population	659	324	335
Child (0-6)	128	57	71
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	586	282	304
Literacy	55.18 %	64.42 %	45.83 %
Total Workers	373	189	184
Main Worker	288	-	-
Marginal Worker	85	38	47

Caste Factor

In Sikwar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.92 % of total population in Sikwar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Sikwar village of Gumla.

Work Profile

In Sikwar village out of total population, 373 were engaged in work activities. 77.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 373 workers engaged in Main Work, 252 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.