Shankra Population - Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Shankra is a medium size village located in Bandgaon Block of Pashchimi Singhbhum district, Jharkhand with total 57 families residing. The Shankra village has population of 242 of which 124 are males while 118 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankra village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 21.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankra village is 952 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankra as per census is 1167, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Shankra village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankra village was 45.26 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Shankra Male literacy stands at 57.00 % while female literacy rate was 32.22 %.

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

Shankra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	57	-	-
Population	242	124	118
Child (0-6)	52	24	28
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	242	124	118
Literacy	45.26 %	57.00 %	32.22 %
Total Workers	136	70	66
Main Worker	97	-	-
Marginal Worker	39	8	31

Caste Factor

In Shankra village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Shankra village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shankra village of Pashchimi Singhbhum.

Work Profile

In Shankra village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 71.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.