Sikdar

Sikdar, Sikder or Shikdar is a Bengali surname. Sikdar means owner of one siki (one quarter) of land. This title was given by the British Government. Sikdar means owner of one siki of land (which is 1/4th).

Notable people with surname Sikdar

 * Abbas Ullah Shikder (1955–2020), Bangladeshi producer, actor and politician
 * Abdul Hye Sikder (born 1957), Bangladeshi poet
 * Abdul Mannan Sikder (born 1931), Bangladeshi politician
 * Abdul Quader Sikder (1956-2021), Bangladeshi politician
 * Abul Basar Sikder, Bangladeshi politician
 * Altaf Hossain Sikdar, Bangladeshi politician
 * Anwar Uddin Shikdar, Bangladeshi politician
 * Asmat Ali Sikder (1939–2001), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
 * Jakir Hussain Sikdar (born 1981), Assam politician
 * Nurul Islam Sikder, Bangladeshi politician
 * Sadat Ali Sikder (died 2017), Bangladeshi politician
 * Shamim Sikder (1952–2023), Bangladeshi sculptor
 * Shamsuddin Sikder, Bangladeshi politician
 * Sikdar Aminul Haq (1942–2003), Bangladeshi poet
 * Sikder Group family
 * Zainul Haque Sikder (1930–2021), Bangladeshi businessman
 * Parveen Haque Sikder (born 1963), Bangladeshi politician
 * Radhanath Sikdar, Indian mathematician, calculated the height of Peak XV in the Himalaya which was later named Mount Everest.
 * Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, an Indian athlete and politician.
 * Sutapa Sikdar, Hindi film screenwriter.
 * Tapan Sikdar, former Union minister of state in the National Democratic Alliance government.
 * Siraj Sikder was a Bangladeshi revolutionary politician.
 * Ershad Sikdar, was a Bangladeshi criminal and serial killer, known for committing various crimes such as murder, torture, theft, robbery and others to 7 to 43+ victims