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Sankhi Population - Godda, Jharkhand

Sankhi is a large village located in Bashant Rai* Block of Godda district, Jharkhand with total 346 families residing. The Sankhi village has population of 2263 of which 1154 are males while 1109 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 525 which makes up 23.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhi village is 961 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhi as per census is 1004, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sankhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhi village was 40.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sankhi Male literacy stands at 52.02 % while female literacy rate was 28.49 %.

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

Sankhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 346 - -
Population 2,263 1,154 1,109
Child (0-6) 525 262 263
Schedule Caste 44 23 21
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 40.56 % 52.02 % 28.49 %
Total Workers 748 518 230
Main Worker 254 - -
Marginal Worker 494 318 176

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.94 % of total population in Sankhi village. The village Sankhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankhi village out of total population, 748 were engaged in work activities. 33.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 748 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.