Sankra Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Sankra is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 172 families residing. The Sankra village has population of 737 of which 372 are males while 365 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankra village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 14.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankra village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankra as per census is 1442, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sankra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankra village was 71.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sankra Male literacy stands at 84.50 % while female literacy rate was 58.42 %.

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

Sankra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	172	-	-
Population	737	372	365
Child (0-6)	105	43	62
Schedule Caste	644	328	316
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	71.99 %	84.50 %	58.42 %
Total Workers	384	225	159
Main Worker	127	-	-
Marginal Worker	257	123	134

Caste Factor

In Sankra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 87.38 % of total population in Sankra village. The village Sankra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankra village out of total population, 384 were engaged in work activities. 33.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 384 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.