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Bhankhar Population - Patiala, Punjab

Bhankhar is a medium size village located in Patiala Tehsil of Patiala district, Punjab with total 360 families residing. The Bhankhar village has population of 1960 of which 1045 are males while 915 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhankhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 10.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhankhar village is 876 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhankhar as per census is 734, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bhankhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhankhar village was 68.83 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bhankhar Male literacy stands at 74.48 % while female literacy rate was 62.50 %.

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

Bhankhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 360 - -
Population 1,960 1,045 915
Child (0-6) 215 124 91
Schedule Caste 350 183 167
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.83 % 74.48 % 62.50 %
Total Workers 626 599 27
Main Worker 572 - -
Marginal Worker 54 49 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.86 % of total population in Bhankhar village. The village Bhankhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhankhar village out of total population, 626 were engaged in work activities. 91.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 626 workers engaged in Main Work, 301 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.