Jhikatia Population - Arwal, Bihar

Jhikatia is a medium size village located in Karpi Block of Arwal district, Bihar with total 385 families residing. The Jhikatia village has population of 1851 of which 953 are males while 898 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhikatia village population of children with age 0-6 is 416 which makes up 22.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhikatia village is 942 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhikatia as per census is 1049, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Jhikatia village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhikatia village was 44.53 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Jhikatia Male literacy stands at 55.73 % while female literacy rate was 32.26 %.

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

Jhikatia Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	385	-	-
Population	1,851	953	898
Child (0-6)	416	203	213
Schedule Caste	1,009	512	497
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	44.53 %	55.73 %	32.26 %
Total Workers	955	516	439
Main Worker	122	-	-
Marginal Worker	833	406	427

Caste Factor

In Jhikatia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.51 % of total population in Jhikatia village. The village Jhikatia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhikatia village out of total population, 955 were engaged in work activities. 12.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 955 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.