Search filters

Open the filter window

1. 1Open Search and pick a tab, such as Courses.
2. 2Tap More filters at the end of the row of quick filters.
3. 3A window opens, titled for the tab, for example Filter courses by or Filter people.
4. 4Choose your filters. Most of them are drop-down lists you can search in. A list that allows several choices shows them all.
5. 5Tap Show results.

• Cancel closes the window and keeps the filters you had before.
• Clear removes every choice in the window. Tap Show results after it to apply.
• When filters are on, the chip shows how many, for example More filters · 3.
• You can use filters without typing anything. Sikhami then shows everything that matches.

The Hashtags tab has no filters.

Topic and learning filters

At the top of the window on every tab except Hashtags is a topic picker. Choose a Category, then a Sub-category, then a Topic. A category covers everything inside it, so you can stop at any level. On the People tab this section is called Wants to learn and finds people who picked that subject as something they want to learn.

Some tabs also have learning filters:

For Skill level and Age group, items that are open to everyone always match.

People

• Gender and Age range (Under 18, 18 - 25, 25 - 35, 35+).
• Where they are: their class or stage.
• State where they study from.
• Preparing for: the exams they are preparing for.
• Languages they speak.
• Open to: what they are open to, such as Study partner, Group study or Looking for a mentor. This finds only people who are open to connect.
• Interests and Location: type to search, then pick.
• Verified only: only verified accounts.
• Open to connect: only people who turned on Open to connect in their profile. See People directory.

Posts and clips

Posts

• Post type: All, Images, Videos, Audios, Polls or Text.
• Language and Exams.
• Verified authors: only posts by verified accounts.
• Post category: type to search categories.
• Nearby posts: see the distance filter below.

Clips

• Category: one or more of the 10 clip categories, such as Education and Learning or Science and Technology.
• Language, Exams and Subjects.

Courses, teachers and institutes

Courses

• Language and Course category.
• Mode: All, Recorded, In person or Live online.
• Duration: Under 10 hours, 10-50 hours, 50-200 hours or Over 200 hours. This is the total video length of recorded courses, so it shows only when Mode is All or Recorded.
• State: in-person and home-tuition courses near an institute in this state.
• Level, Exams and Subjects.
• Certificate on completion: only courses that give a certificate.

Teachers

• Category, Subjects and Languages.
• Teaches: the levels they teach.
• Teaches for: the exams they prepare students for.
• Experience: 0-2 years, 3-5 years, 6-10 years or Over 10 years.
• State.

Institutes

• Institute category and Institute type, such as School, College or Coaching centre.
• Mode: Online, Offline or Hybrid.
• Affiliation: shown only for institute types where it applies.
• State, Facilities, Medium of instruction and Coaching for (exams).
• Nearby institutes: see the distance filter below.

Clubs, notes and meetups

Clubs

Language, Club type (such as Study group or Doubt solving), Level, State, Exams and Subjects.

Notes

• Notes type: All, Books, Questions or Notes.
• Format: the list changes with the notes type you picked.
• Track: School, College, Professional, Competition or Others.
• Syllabus session: the current syllabus or an older one.
• Subjects, Exams and Level.
• Upload date: Last 7 days, Last 30 days, Last 365 days, or your own dates.

Meetups

• Meetup type: All, Online or Offline.
• Format, such as Workshop or Mock test, and Meetup category.
• Language, Level, Exams and Subjects.
• Nearby meetups: see the distance filter below.
• Timing: Today, Tomorrow, This week, This weekend, This month, or your own dates.

Distance, dates and how filters work together

Distance (posts, meetups and institutes)

1. 1In the nearby list, pick Anywhere or Within 2 km, 5 km, 10 km, 25 km, 50 km or 100 km. Or type a number in Distance up to (km).
2. 2Tap Show results.
3. 3Sikhami uses the location you set on Sikhami. If you have not set one, your browser asks to share your location.

If your location cannot be read, you see Could not read your location, so the distance filter was cleared. To set your location, see Your location.

Your own dates

Under Upload date (notes) or Timing (meetups), fill in From and To and tap Use.

How filters combine

• Choices inside one list mean "any of these". Picking JEE and NEET in Exams finds items for either exam.
• Different filters mean "all of these". Exams: NEET plus Language: Hindi finds items that match both.
• In Level filters, items marked for all levels always match.
• When you switch tabs, the quick filters and that tab's own filters (such as exams, languages, level and state) are cleared. General choices such as the topic, category, distance and dates are kept and used again where they apply.

Questions