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Ranka Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Ranka is a medium size village located in Ariari Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 142 families residing. The Ranka village has population of 1083 of which 571 are males while 512 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ranka village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 19.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ranka village is 897 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Ranka as per census is 852, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Ranka village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Ranka village was 53.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Ranka Male literacy stands at 58.77 % while female literacy rate was 48.31 %.

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

Ranka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 1,083 571 512
Child (0-6) 213 115 98
Schedule Caste 476 254 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.79 % 58.77 % 48.31 %
Total Workers 480 275 205
Main Worker 292 - -
Marginal Worker 188 36 152

Caste Factor

In Ranka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.95 % of total population in Ranka village. The village Ranka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ranka village out of total population, 480 were engaged in work activities. 60.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 480 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.