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Mahkup Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Mahkup is a medium size village located in Pathna Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 129 families residing. The Mahkup village has population of 566 of which 300 are males while 266 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahkup village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 19.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahkup village is 887 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahkup as per census is 833, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Mahkup village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahkup village was 16.89 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Mahkup Male literacy stands at 20.42 % while female literacy rate was 12.96 %.

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

Mahkup Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 566 300 266
Child (0-6) 110 60 50
Schedule Caste 10 6 4
Schedule Tribe 528 275 253
Literacy 16.89 % 20.42 % 12.96 %
Total Workers 250 155 95
Main Worker 198 - -
Marginal Worker 52 19 33

Caste Factor

In Mahkup village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.29 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.77 % of total population in Mahkup village.

Work Profile

In Mahkup village out of total population, 250 were engaged in work activities. 79.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 250 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.