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Panchgachhi Population - Kishanganj, Bihar

Panchgachhi is a medium size village located in Dighalbank Block of Kishanganj district, Bihar with total 222 families residing. The Panchgachhi village has population of 1127 of which 595 are males while 532 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Panchgachhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 20.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Panchgachhi village is 894 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Panchgachhi as per census is 832, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Panchgachhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Panchgachhi village was 59.13 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Panchgachhi Male literacy stands at 68.51 % while female literacy rate was 48.83 %.

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

Panchgachhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,127 595 532
Child (0-6) 229 125 104
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 4 2 2
Literacy 59.13 % 68.51 % 48.83 %
Total Workers 311 242 69
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 55 23 32

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.35 % of total population in Panchgachhi village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Panchgachhi village of Kishanganj.

Work Profile

In Panchgachhi village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 82.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 198 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.