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Sankhi Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Sankhi is a large village located in Riga Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 657 families residing. The Sankhi village has population of 3399 of which 1778 are males while 1621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 780 which makes up 22.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhi village is 912 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhi as per census is 1021, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sankhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhi village was 50.25 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sankhi Male literacy stands at 58.05 % while female literacy rate was 41.40 %.

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

Sankhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 657 - -
Population 3,399 1,778 1,621
Child (0-6) 780 386 394
Schedule Caste 737 379 358
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 50.25 % 58.05 % 41.40 %
Total Workers 1,028 808 220
Main Worker 490 - -
Marginal Worker 538 353 185

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.68 % of total population in Sankhi village. The village Sankhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankhi village out of total population, 1028 were engaged in work activities. 47.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1028 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 373 were Agricultural labourer.