Sarkanda Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Sarkanda is a medium size village located in Pirpainti Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 125 families residing. The Sarkanda village has population of 696 of which 348 are males while 348 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sarkanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 19.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sarkanda village is 1000 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sarkanda as per census is 1305, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sarkanda village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sarkanda village was 46.43 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sarkanda Male literacy stands at 56.40 % while female literacy rate was 35.79 %.

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

Sarkanda Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	125	-	-
Population	696	348	348
Child (0-6)	136	59	77
Schedule Caste	337	173	164
Schedule Tribe	354	172	182
Literacy	46.43 %	56.40 %	35.79 %
Total Workers	191	159	32
Main Worker	18	-	-
Marginal Worker	173	142	31

Caste Factor

In Sarkanda village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 50.86 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 48.42 % of total population in Sarkanda village.

Work Profile

In Sarkanda village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 9.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.