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Sankha Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sankha is a medium size village located in Bishrampur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 225 families residing. The Sankha village has population of 1367 of which 733 are males while 634 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankha village population of children with age 0-6 is 258 which makes up 18.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankha village is 865 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankha as per census is 911, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sankha village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankha village was 67.00 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sankha Male literacy stands at 77.76 % while female literacy rate was 54.40 %.

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

Sankha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,367 733 634
Child (0-6) 258 135 123
Schedule Caste 272 158 114
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.00 % 77.76 % 54.40 %
Total Workers 421 317 104
Main Worker 59 - -
Marginal Worker 362 267 95

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.90 % of total population in Sankha village. The village Sankha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sankha village out of total population, 421 were engaged in work activities. 14.01 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.99 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 421 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.