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Banka Population - Garhwa, Jharkhand

Banka is a medium size village located in Meral (Pipra Kalan) Block of Garhwa district, Jharkhand with total 203 families residing. The Banka village has population of 1036 of which 526 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banka village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 13.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banka village is 970 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Banka as per census is 1149, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Banka village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Banka village was 73.21 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Banka Male literacy stands at 90.41 % while female literacy rate was 54.97 %.

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

Banka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 203 - -
Population 1,036 526 510
Child (0-6) 144 67 77
Schedule Caste 200 101 99
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.21 % 90.41 % 54.97 %
Total Workers 344 221 123
Main Worker 319 - -
Marginal Worker 25 20 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.31 % of total population in Banka village. The village Banka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banka village out of total population, 344 were engaged in work activities. 92.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 344 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.