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Jakhar Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Jakhar is a large village located in Shivaji Nagar Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 1303 families residing. The Jakhar village has population of 6852 of which 3635 are males while 3217 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 1330 which makes up 19.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakhar village is 885 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakhar as per census is 868, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jakhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakhar village was 55.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jakhar Male literacy stands at 69.28 % while female literacy rate was 40.13 %.

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

Jakhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,303 - -
Population 6,852 3,635 3,217
Child (0-6) 1,330 712 618
Schedule Caste 1,231 657 574
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.56 % 69.28 % 40.13 %
Total Workers 1,761 1,500 261
Main Worker 1,237 - -
Marginal Worker 524 438 86

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.97 % of total population in Jakhar village. The village Jakhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakhar village out of total population, 1761 were engaged in work activities. 70.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1761 workers engaged in Main Work, 346 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 789 were Agricultural labourer.