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Sakhwa Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Sakhwa is a large village located in Bithan Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 687 families residing. The Sakhwa village has population of 3684 of which 1963 are males while 1721 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sakhwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 780 which makes up 21.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sakhwa village is 877 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sakhwa as per census is 853, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sakhwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sakhwa village was 49.55 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sakhwa Male literacy stands at 60.96 % while female literacy rate was 36.64 %.

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 687 - -
Population 3,684 1,963 1,721
Child (0-6) 780 421 359
Schedule Caste 957 512 445
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 49.55 % 60.96 % 36.64 %
Total Workers 1,349 927 422
Main Worker 348 - -
Marginal Worker 1,001 630 371

Caste Factor

Sakhwa village of Samastipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.98 % 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, 1349 were engaged in work activities. 25.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1349 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.