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Sankhu Population - Begusarai, Bihar

Sankhu is a large village located in Bakhri Block of Begusarai district, Bihar with total 445 families residing. The Sankhu village has population of 2221 of which 1142 are males while 1079 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhu village population of children with age 0-6 is 414 which makes up 18.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhu village is 945 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhu as per census is 1039, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sankhu village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhu village was 61.82 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sankhu Male literacy stands at 67.20 % while female literacy rate was 55.99 %.

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

Sankhu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 445 - -
Population 2,221 1,142 1,079
Child (0-6) 414 203 211
Schedule Caste 440 210 230
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.82 % 67.20 % 55.99 %
Total Workers 733 619 114
Main Worker 585 - -
Marginal Worker 148 93 55

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.81 % of total population in Sankhu village. The village Sankhu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankhu village out of total population, 733 were engaged in work activities. 79.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 733 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 380 were Agricultural labourer.