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Shankardih Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Shankardih is a medium size village located in Bishrampur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 44 families residing. The Shankardih village has population of 237 of which 124 are males while 113 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankardih village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 13.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankardih village is 911 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankardih as per census is 1000, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Shankardih village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankardih village was 56.59 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Shankardih Male literacy stands at 65.74 % while female literacy rate was 46.39 %.

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

Shankardih Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 44 - -
Population 237 124 113
Child (0-6) 32 16 16
Schedule Caste 153 88 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.59 % 65.74 % 46.39 %
Total Workers 94 58 36
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 58 24 34

Caste Factor

In Shankardih village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.56 % of total population in Shankardih village. The village Shankardih currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankardih village out of total population, 94 were engaged in work activities. 38.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 94 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.