Shikdamakha

The word Shikdamakha in Tiwa language means 'hillocks of traps'. The local folklore suggests that ghost used to trap humans.

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{{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}} which can be accessed by road along National Highway 27 (India), a journey of about 2 hours 30 minutes through lush green hills.

As per 2011 Population Census report, Shikdamakha is a home to 103 households. Shikdamakha has a population of 595 of which 321 are males and 274 are females. Inhabited by mainly 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}}

On 25 September 2016, the Government of Assam and the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) named Shikdamakha the cleanliness village in the state.{{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}} On 15 October 2016 the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) declared Shikdamakha as the cleanest village of West Karbi Anglong district. 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.{{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}}

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• Palakhongor:A tourists destination, {{cvt|6|km}} from the village. It offers a panoramic view of the scenic Umswai Valley.
• 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.
• 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.
• Mary Mother of God Church, Umswai
• Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Umswai

• West Karbi Anglong district
• Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council
• Umswai

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