Jhikatiya Population - Gaya, Bihar

Jhikatiya is a medium size village located in Gurua Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 108 families residing. The Jhikatiya village has population of 676 of which 348 are males while 328 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhikatiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 124 which makes up 18.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhikatiya village is 943 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhikatiya as per census is 797, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Jhikatiya village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhikatiya village was 62.68 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhikatiya Male literacy stands at 78.14 % while female literacy rate was 46.89 %.

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

Jhikatiya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	108	-	-
Population	676	348	328
Child (0-6)	124	69	55
Schedule Caste	187	107	80
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	62.68 %	78.14 %	46.89 %
Total Workers	398	197	201
Main Worker	196	-	-
Marginal Worker	202	49	153

Caste Factor

Jhikatiya village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.66 % of total population in Jhikatiya village. The village Jhikatiya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhikatiya village out of total population, 398 were engaged in work activities. 49.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 398 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 107 were Agricultural labourer.