Jhitkahi is a large village located in Dumri Katsari Block of Sheohar district, Bihar with total 615 families residing. The Jhitkahi village has population of 2587 of which 1338 are males while 1249 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Jhitkahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 512 which makes up 19.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhitkahi village is 933 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhitkahi as per census is 869, lower than Bihar average of 935.
Jhitkahi village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhitkahi village was 56.58 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhitkahi Male literacy stands at 61.65 % while female literacy rate was 51.24 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Jhitkahi 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 Jhitkahi village.
Jhitkahi Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
615 |
- |
- |
| Population |
2,587 |
1,338 |
1,249 |
| Child (0-6) |
512 |
274 |
238 |
| Schedule Caste |
222 |
116 |
106 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
56.58 % |
61.65 % |
51.24 % |
| Total Workers |
694 |
642 |
52 |
| Main Worker |
649 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
45 |
36 |
9 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.58 % of total population in Jhitkahi village.
The village Jhitkahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Jhitkahi village out of total population, 694 were engaged in work activities. 93.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 694 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 351 were Agricultural labourer.