Sikatiya

Sikatiya or  Siktia is a large village located in  Maharajganj or Lakri Nabiganj Block of Siwan district belonging to Saran divison, It is the 15th biggest village by area in the sub district by holding a total area of 2km².

Geography 
Sikatiya  is the 15th largest village by area and 17th most populous village in its subdistrict is situated 35km east towards Siwan district with the distance of  about 100 km far from its State Capital, Patna. The village comes under Dumra panchayat Lakri Nabiganj is the sub district head quarter and the distance from the village is 8 km. In the centre of village there exists a large pond and at the banks of this pond, "Chhath Puja Ghat" is there. The total geographical area of this village is 2km². The internal roads of the village are constructed with fully Plain Cement Concrete (PCC). The nearest major road at the distance of less than 1 km is Siwan-Sonpur Road. Nearest river to this village on western side at a distance of about 2 km is Ghaghara Chhoti Gandak which is a tributary of Ghaghara River. Geographically, this village is situated at coordinates of  26.2457 north and 84.6342 west.

Demographics 

As of 2011, census of India, the number of families residing in this village is 571. The Sikatiya village has population of 3075 of which 1555 are males while 1520 are females as per Population Census 2011. This village has 493 children (boys = 258); (girls = 235) in the age group of 0–6 years which makes up 16.03% of total population of village. Average Sex ratio of Sikatiya village is 977 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918 and is good statistic. Child Sex Ratio for the Sikatiya village as per census(2011) is 911, higher than Bihar average of 935. It is one of the major villages of Maharajganj Block of Siwan district.

Education 

Sikatiya village is merely good in terms of education. As of 2011 census of India, Sikatiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of this village was 77.27% compared to 61.80% of Bihar. The male literacy stands at 88.28% while female literacy rate was 66.15%. This village has a very old and famous school Practical High School which was founded by Saryug Saran Dev in 1941, currently this school is upgraded from Middle School (up to 6th standard) to higher Secondary School Certificate (up to 12th standard). Now this school provides for Secondary Education to the students not only of this village but also of its various neighbouring villages. Addition to this, many people of this village are well educated like Graduates and Post-Graduates in Arts, Engineering, Literature and Science.

Employment, culture, society and its people 

The local languages are Bhojpuri language and Hindi as well. There are people of various castes like Brahmins, Baitha(Dhobi), Gondi people(Gond), Rajbhar, Ram (Harijan), Rawat etc. But majority of koeri or kushwaha community. Despite of such a great diversity, there is 'fraternity and brotherhood' among the residents. There are some temples of Hindu deities like Goddesses Maa Kali and Shiv mandir etc. The number of employed people of Sikatiya village is more than 150 working in Govt. sectors like Indian Railways, Teaching, Defence etc., Private sectors including their own businesses and also working in Indian and Foreign companies as well. The major section of this village is also dependent on agriculture for its livelihood. The agriculture includes farming like cultivation of paddy, wheat, millets, maize etc. and domestication of animals. The major sports played by the youth of this village are cricket and football. There is software company in Sikatiya bazar called Zrconium (www.zrconium.com). Zrconium is into web designing and software development. Zrconium makes your website and mobile application for your business.

Peoples of Sikatiya are broadminded. There are homoeopathic doctors at Siktiya Bazar. Also, there are so many Gov. officers, Army man, High Court judge, Police officers, Daroga, Engineers, Architects, Businessman, Teachers, College professors, Scholars etc. Sikatiya have a very old history.

Nearest railway stations and towns

References

Villages in Bihar