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Shankarda Population - Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Shankarda is a medium size village located in Potka Block of Purbi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 271 families residing. The Shankarda village has population of 1338 of which 674 are males while 664 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarda village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 13.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarda village is 985 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarda as per census is 1296, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Shankarda village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarda village was 75.17 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Shankarda Male literacy stands at 87.35 % while female literacy rate was 62.25 %.

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

Shankarda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,338 674 664
Child (0-6) 186 81 105
Schedule Caste 109 51 58
Schedule Tribe 55 19 36
Literacy 75.17 % 87.35 % 62.25 %
Total Workers 381 339 42
Main Worker 230 - -
Marginal Worker 151 130 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.15 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.11 % of total population in Shankarda village.

Work Profile

In Shankarda village out of total population, 381 were engaged in work activities. 60.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 381 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.