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Mahkhar Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Mahkhar is a large village located in Simri Bakhtiarpur Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 1859 families residing. The Mahkhar village has population of 9270 of which 4787 are males while 4483 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahkhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 1892 which makes up 20.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahkhar village is 936 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahkhar as per census is 1017, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Mahkhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahkhar village was 52.55 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Mahkhar Male literacy stands at 66.43 % while female literacy rate was 37.40 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahkhar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Mahkhar village.

Mahkhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,859 - -
Population 9,270 4,787 4,483
Child (0-6) 1,892 938 954
Schedule Caste 1,510 778 732
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.55 % 66.43 % 37.40 %
Total Workers 3,535 2,336 1,199
Main Worker 1,818 - -
Marginal Worker 1,717 903 814

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.29 % of total population in Mahkhar village. The village Mahkhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahkhar village out of total population, 3535 were engaged in work activities. 51.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3535 workers engaged in Main Work, 1016 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 409 were Agricultural labourer.