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Bhikhi Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Bhikhi is a medium size village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 236 families residing. The Bhikhi village has population of 1316 of which 685 are males while 631 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhikhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 271 which makes up 20.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhikhi village is 921 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhikhi as per census is 807, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Bhikhi village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhikhi village was 45.93 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Bhikhi Male literacy stands at 51.59 % while female literacy rate was 40.00 %.

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

Bhikhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,316 685 631
Child (0-6) 271 150 121
Schedule Caste 659 335 324
Schedule Tribe 456 245 211
Literacy 45.93 % 51.59 % 40.00 %
Total Workers 536 324 212
Main Worker 159 - -
Marginal Worker 377 192 185

Caste Factor

In Bhikhi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.08 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 34.65 % of total population in Bhikhi village.

Work Profile

In Bhikhi village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 29.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.