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Karkhiyan Population - Bhojpur, Bihar

Karkhiyan is a medium size village located in Behea Block of Bhojpur district, Bihar with total 185 families residing. The Karkhiyan village has population of 1168 of which 591 are males while 577 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karkhiyan village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 17.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karkhiyan village is 976 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Karkhiyan as per census is 1041, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Karkhiyan village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Karkhiyan village was 74.79 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Karkhiyan Male literacy stands at 86.61 % while female literacy rate was 62.53 %.

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

Karkhiyan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 1,168 591 577
Child (0-6) 200 98 102
Schedule Caste 75 38 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.79 % 86.61 % 62.53 %
Total Workers 381 245 136
Main Worker 113 - -
Marginal Worker 268 144 124

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.42 % of total population in Karkhiyan village. The village Karkhiyan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karkhiyan village out of total population, 381 were engaged in work activities. 29.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 381 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.