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Birkham Population - Bokaro, Jharkhand

Birkham is a medium size village located in Chandankiyari Block of Bokaro district, Jharkhand with total 202 families residing. The Birkham village has population of 1265 of which 540 are males while 725 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birkham village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 12.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birkham village is 1343 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Birkham as per census is 767, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Birkham village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Birkham village was 65.50 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Birkham Male literacy stands at 70.70 % while female literacy rate was 61.91 %.

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

Birkham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 202 - -
Population 1,265 540 725
Child (0-6) 152 86 66
Schedule Caste 106 46 60
Schedule Tribe 887 422 465
Literacy 65.50 % 70.70 % 61.91 %
Total Workers 566 294 272
Main Worker 222 - -
Marginal Worker 344 142 202

Caste Factor

In Birkham village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.12 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.38 % of total population in Birkham village.

Work Profile

In Birkham village out of total population, 566 were engaged in work activities. 39.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 566 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.