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Turkaha Population - Gopalganj, Bihar

Turkaha is a medium size village located in Phulwaria Block of Gopalganj district, Bihar with total 162 families residing. The Turkaha village has population of 1236 of which 635 are males while 601 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turkaha village population of children with age 0-6 is 214 which makes up 17.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turkaha village is 946 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Turkaha as per census is 1058, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Turkaha village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Turkaha village was 61.64 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Turkaha Male literacy stands at 74.39 % while female literacy rate was 47.86 %.

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

Turkaha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 162 - -
Population 1,236 635 601
Child (0-6) 214 104 110
Schedule Caste 334 166 168
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 61.64 % 74.39 % 47.86 %
Total Workers 319 268 51
Main Worker 188 - -
Marginal Worker 131 97 34

Caste Factor

Turkaha village of Gopalganj has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.02 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.16 % of total population in Turkaha village.

Work Profile

In Turkaha village out of total population, 319 were engaged in work activities. 58.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 319 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.