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Khanta Population - Buxar, Bihar

Khanta is a medium size village located in Itarhi Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 172 families residing. The Khanta village has population of 1102 of which 572 are males while 530 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 17.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khanta village is 927 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Khanta as per census is 775, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Khanta village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Khanta village was 70.94 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Khanta Male literacy stands at 80.69 % while female literacy rate was 60.81 %.

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

Khanta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 172 - -
Population 1,102 572 530
Child (0-6) 197 111 86
Schedule Caste 291 156 135
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.94 % 80.69 % 60.81 %
Total Workers 343 260 83
Main Worker 156 - -
Marginal Worker 187 112 75

Caste Factor

Khanta village of Buxar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.41 % of total population in Khanta village. The village Khanta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khanta village out of total population, 343 were engaged in work activities. 45.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 343 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.