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Sankh Population - Giridih, Jharkhand

Sankh is a large village located in Gawan Block of Giridih district, Jharkhand with total 364 families residing. The Sankh village has population of 2421 of which 1214 are males while 1207 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankh village population of children with age 0-6 is 452 which makes up 18.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankh village is 994 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankh as per census is 801, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sankh village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankh village was 54.75 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sankh Male literacy stands at 73.52 % while female literacy rate was 36.78 %.

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

Sankh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 2,421 1,214 1,207
Child (0-6) 452 251 201
Schedule Caste 146 73 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.75 % 73.52 % 36.78 %
Total Workers 552 464 88
Main Worker 447 - -
Marginal Worker 105 81 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.03 % of total population in Sankh village. The village Sankh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankh village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 80.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 113 were Agricultural labourer.