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Sankha Population - Bijapur, Karnataka

Sankha is a medium size village located in Indi Taluka of Bijapur district, Karnataka with total 305 families residing. The Sankha village has population of 1749 of which 926 are males while 823 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankha village population of children with age 0-6 is 240 which makes up 13.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankha village is 889 which is lower than Karnataka state average of 973. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankha as per census is 905, lower than Karnataka average of 948.

Sankha village has lower literacy rate compared to Karnataka. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankha village was 67.79 % compared to 75.36 % of Karnataka. In Sankha Male literacy stands at 79.13 % while female literacy rate was 55.01 %.

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

Sankha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 305 - -
Population 1,749 926 823
Child (0-6) 240 126 114
Schedule Caste 356 190 166
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.79 % 79.13 % 55.01 %
Total Workers 947 503 444
Main Worker 571 - -
Marginal Worker 376 72 304

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.35 % of total population in Sankha village. The village Sankha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankha village out of total population, 947 were engaged in work activities. 60.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 947 workers engaged in Main Work, 265 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 237 were Agricultural labourer.