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Wankar Population - Katihar, Bihar

Wankar is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 121 families residing. The Wankar village has population of 560 of which 297 are males while 263 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 24.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wankar village is 886 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Wankar as per census is 575, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Wankar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Wankar village was 37.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Wankar Male literacy stands at 43.81 % while female literacy rate was 30.52 %.

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

Wankar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 121 - -
Population 560 297 263
Child (0-6) 137 87 50
Schedule Caste 14 7 7
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 37.12 % 43.81 % 30.52 %
Total Workers 200 155 45
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 147 107 40

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.50 % of total population in Wankar village. The village Wankar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Wankar village out of total population, 200 were engaged in work activities. 26.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 200 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.