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Jhakhra Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Jhakhra is a large village located in Sarairanjan Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 2362 families residing. The Jhakhra village has population of 10617 of which 5590 are males while 5027 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhakhra village population of children with age 0-6 is 1800 which makes up 16.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhakhra village is 899 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhakhra as per census is 938, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jhakhra village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhakhra village was 68.00 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhakhra Male literacy stands at 75.67 % while female literacy rate was 59.41 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jhakhra 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 Jhakhra village.

Jhakhra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 2,362 - -
Population 10,617 5,590 5,027
Child (0-6) 1,800 929 871
Schedule Caste 2,947 1,543 1,404
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.00 % 75.67 % 59.41 %
Total Workers 3,367 2,747 620
Main Worker 3,265 - -
Marginal Worker 102 57 45

Caste Factor

Jhakhra village of Samastipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.76 % of total population in Jhakhra village. The village Jhakhra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhakhra village out of total population, 3367 were engaged in work activities. 96.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3367 workers engaged in Main Work, 1090 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1916 were Agricultural labourer.