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Sumka Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sumka is a medium size village located in Chandi Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 184 families residing. The Sumka village has population of 1076 of which 550 are males while 526 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sumka village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 14.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sumka village is 956 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sumka as per census is 950, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sumka village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sumka village was 78.15 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sumka Male literacy stands at 90.21 % while female literacy rate was 65.56 %.

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

Sumka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 1,076 550 526
Child (0-6) 156 80 76
Schedule Caste 271 138 133
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.15 % 90.21 % 65.56 %
Total Workers 286 190 96
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 30 24 6

Caste Factor

Sumka village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.19 % of total population in Sumka village. The village Sumka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sumka village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 89.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 181 were Agricultural labourer.