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Jhikta Population - Banka, Bihar

Jhikta is a medium size village located in Rajaun Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 333 families residing. The Jhikta village has population of 1975 of which 1053 are males while 922 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhikta village population of children with age 0-6 is 379 which makes up 19.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhikta village is 876 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhikta as per census is 886, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jhikta village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhikta village was 60.40 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhikta Male literacy stands at 72.42 % while female literacy rate was 46.64 %.

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

Jhikta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 333 - -
Population 1,975 1,053 922
Child (0-6) 379 201 178
Schedule Caste 61 32 29
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.40 % 72.42 % 46.64 %
Total Workers 696 485 211
Main Worker 159 - -
Marginal Worker 537 331 206

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.09 % of total population in Jhikta village. The village Jhikta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhikta village out of total population, 696 were engaged in work activities. 22.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 696 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.