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Sakhwa Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Sakhwa is a medium size village located in Areraj Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 202 families residing. The Sakhwa village has population of 1095 of which 568 are males while 527 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sakhwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 16.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sakhwa village is 928 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sakhwa as per census is 1105, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sakhwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sakhwa village was 47.70 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sakhwa Male literacy stands at 56.64 % while female literacy rate was 37.73 %.

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

Sakhwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 202 - -
Population 1,095 568 527
Child (0-6) 181 86 95
Schedule Caste 175 88 87
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.70 % 56.64 % 37.73 %
Total Workers 608 380 228
Main Worker 413 - -
Marginal Worker 195 131 64

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.98 % of total population in Sakhwa village. The village Sakhwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sakhwa village out of total population, 608 were engaged in work activities. 67.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 608 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 323 were Agricultural labourer.