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Maharkha Population - Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh

Maharkha is a medium size village located in Sakaldiha Tehsil of Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh with total 293 families residing. The Maharkha village has population of 1740 of which 936 are males while 804 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maharkha village population of children with age 0-6 is 205 which makes up 11.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maharkha village is 859 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Maharkha as per census is 680, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Maharkha village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Maharkha village was 72.83 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Maharkha Male literacy stands at 87.47 % while female literacy rate was 56.31 %.

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

Maharkha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 293 - -
Population 1,740 936 804
Child (0-6) 205 122 83
Schedule Caste 989 543 446
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.83 % 87.47 % 56.31 %
Total Workers 646 429 217
Main Worker 414 - -
Marginal Worker 232 65 167

Caste Factor

In Maharkha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.84 % of total population in Maharkha village. The village Maharkha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maharkha village out of total population, 646 were engaged in work activities. 64.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 646 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 213 were Agricultural labourer.