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Joakhar Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Joakhar is a medium size village located in Shahkund Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 281 families residing. The Joakhar village has population of 1526 of which 791 are males while 735 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Joakhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 244 which makes up 15.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Joakhar village is 929 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Joakhar as per census is 718, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Joakhar village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Joakhar village was 57.33 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Joakhar Male literacy stands at 63.02 % while female literacy rate was 51.50 %.

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

Joakhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,526 791 735
Child (0-6) 244 142 102
Schedule Caste 231 120 111
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.33 % 63.02 % 51.50 %
Total Workers 473 339 134
Main Worker 259 - -
Marginal Worker 214 97 117

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.14 % of total population in Joakhar village. The village Joakhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Joakhar village out of total population, 473 were engaged in work activities. 54.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 473 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 188 were Agricultural labourer.