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Jhakra Population - Purbi Champaran, Bihar

Jhakra is a medium size village located in Piprakothi Block of Purbi Champaran district, Bihar with total 456 families residing. The Jhakra village has population of 1982 of which 986 are males while 996 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhakra village population of children with age 0-6 is 515 which makes up 25.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhakra village is 1010 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhakra as per census is 958, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jhakra village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhakra village was 32.17 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhakra Male literacy stands at 35.55 % while female literacy rate was 28.90 %.

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

Jhakra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 456 - -
Population 1,982 986 996
Child (0-6) 515 263 252
Schedule Caste 1,768 865 903
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 32.17 % 35.55 % 28.90 %
Total Workers 756 456 300
Main Worker 642 - -
Marginal Worker 114 17 97

Caste Factor

In Jhakra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 89.20 % of total population in Jhakra village. The village Jhakra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhakra village out of total population, 756 were engaged in work activities. 84.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 756 workers engaged in Main Work, 14 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 621 were Agricultural labourer.