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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Assam, India}}<br />
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| name = Shikdamakha<br />
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| settlement_type = Village<br />
| image_skyline = Shikdamakha Village.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Shikdamakha Village<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25.9487|N|92.2237|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of regions of India|Region]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hamren]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[West Karbi Anglong district]]<br />
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| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Indian English|English]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Spoken<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[Tiwa language|Tiwa]], [[Karbi language|Karbi]], [[Khasi language|Khasi]], English and [[Hindi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 782413<br />
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[[File:Shikdamakha entrance gate.jpg|thumb|Shikdamakha entrance gate]]<br />
'''Shikdamakha''' (Tiwa village) is a village in the [[West Karbi Anglong district]] of [[Assam]] state<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shikdamakha |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107920090 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203140316/https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107920090 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |access-date=3 February 2024 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}}</ref> in [[North East India]]. It falls under the Amri development block and [[Vidhan Sabha]] No.20 Baithalangso ST LAC.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Umswai Catholic Centre - Chintamakha |url=http://wikimapia.org/17591687/Umswai-Catholic-Centre |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729160142/http://wikimapia.org/17591687/Umswai-Catholic-Centre |archive-date=29 July 2021 |access-date=29 July 2021 |website=wikimapia.org |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The word ''Shikdamakha'' in [[Tiwa language (India)|Tiwa language]] means 'hillocks of traps'. The local folklore suggests that ghost used to trap humans.<ref name="clean" /><br />
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== Geography ==<br />
Shikdamakha is at 25.9487°N 92.2237°E. It lies in the center of the Umswai Valley and is surrounded by hills, two of which are revered in Tiwa tradition: Palakhongor and Shabri Makha. The village is {{cvt|80|km}} from the state capital [[Dispur]]-[[Guwahati]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2017 |title=Assam Hamlet Wishes To Become 'Cleanest Village In Asia' {{!}} News |url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/assam-hamlet-wishes-become-cleanest-village-asia-5016/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706170216/https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/assam-hamlet-wishes-become-cleanest-village-asia-5016/ |archive-date=6 July 2022 |access-date=29 July 2021 |website=www.swachhindia.ndtv.com}}</ref> which can be accessed by road along [[National Highway 27 (India)]], a journey of about 2 hours 30 minutes through lush green hills.<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
As per 2011 Population Census report, Shikdamakha is a home to 103 households.<ref name="clean" /> Shikdamakha has a population of 595 of which 321 are males and 274 are females. Inhabited by mainly [[Tiwa (Lalung)|Tiwa tribe]] people. The people of Shikdamakha are humble and hardworking and 75.15% are literate. It is a [[Christian]] dominated village.{{fact|date=June 2023}}<br />
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== Sanitation ==<br />
On 25 September 2016, the [[Government of Assam]] and the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) named Shikdamakha the cleanliness village in the state.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{Cite web |date=25 January 2017 |title=west karbi anglong: West Karbi Anglong village to get Open Defecation-Free status today {{!}} Guwahati News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/west-karbi-anglong-village-to-get-open-defecation-free-status-today/articleshow/56770037.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926003246/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/west-karbi-anglong-village-to-get-open-defecation-free-status-today/articleshow/56770037.cms |archive-date=26 September 2022 |access-date=29 July 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en |agency=TNN}}</ref> On 15 October 2016 the [[Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council]] (KAAC) declared Shikdamakha as the cleanest village of [[West Karbi Anglong district|West Karbi Anglong]] district.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> Villagers use bamboo baskets for storing garbage in front of every household and every corner of the village, and the accumulated garbage is disposed at a regular intervals. Thrice in a week, men and women take part in a community cleaning drive.<ref name="clean">{{Cite web |last=Gani |first=Abdul |date=2 February 2017 |title=Way before Swacch Bharat, a remote Assam village had set cleanliness goals for itself |url=https://scroll.in/article/828087/way-before-swacch-bharat-a-remote-assam-village-had-set-cleanliness-goals-for-itself |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130103833/https://scroll.in/article/828087/way-before-swacch-bharat-a-remote-assam-village-had-set-cleanliness-goals-for-itself |archive-date=30 November 2021 |access-date=27 November 2021 |website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref><br />
[[File:Road_in_Shikdamakha.jpg|thumb|Shikdamakha village road]]<br />
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==Places of interest==<br />
*'''Palakhongor''':A tourists destination, {{cvt|6|km}} from the village. It offers a panoramic view of the scenic Umswai Valley. <br />
*'''Tiwa Monolith''':On the top of a small hill in Amsai Pinung (One of the Tiwa root village) {{cvt|2|km}} away from Shikdamakha, there is a spot that contains more than 2000 rock monoliths. Each of these monoliths is a set of two stone slabs-one base and one body. The Tiwas plant one set every year to honor their ancestors.<br />
*'''Orchid garden''':Visit the Orchid Garden which is just behind the Stadium and admire exceptional orchids that grow around and on trees with their long aerial roots.<br />
*'''Mary Mother of God Church, Umswai'''<br />
*'''Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Umswai'''<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[West Karbi Anglong district]]<br />
*[[Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council]]<br />
*[[Umswai]]<br />
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