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Mahkar Population - Gaya, Bihar

Mahkar is a medium size village located in Khizirsarai Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 139 families residing. The Mahkar village has population of 836 of which 431 are males while 405 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahkar village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 19.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahkar village is 940 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahkar as per census is 841, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Mahkar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahkar village was 61.42 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Mahkar Male literacy stands at 73.47 % while female literacy rate was 48.94 %.

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

Mahkar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 139 - -
Population 836 431 405
Child (0-6) 162 88 74
Schedule Caste 79 38 41
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.42 % 73.47 % 48.94 %
Total Workers 243 182 61
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 83 37 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.45 % of total population in Mahkar village. The village Mahkar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahkar village out of total population, 243 were engaged in work activities. 65.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 243 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 85 were Agricultural labourer.