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Garkar Population - Banka, Bihar

Garkar is a medium size village located in Chanan Block of Banka district, Bihar with total 67 families residing. The Garkar village has population of 328 of which 180 are males while 148 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 26.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garkar village is 822 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Garkar as per census is 792, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Garkar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Garkar village was 31.40 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Garkar Male literacy stands at 35.61 % while female literacy rate was 26.36 %.

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

Garkar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 328 180 148
Child (0-6) 86 48 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 322 177 145
Literacy 31.40 % 35.61 % 26.36 %
Total Workers 80 78 2
Main Worker 78 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

In Garkar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.17 % of total population in Garkar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Garkar village of Banka.

Work Profile

In Garkar village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 97.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.