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Bankheta Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Bankheta is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 119 families residing. The Bankheta village has population of 644 of which 331 are males while 313 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bankheta village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 18.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bankheta village is 946 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Bankheta as per census is 758, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Bankheta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Bankheta village was 65.53 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Bankheta Male literacy stands at 77.74 % while female literacy rate was 53.23 %.

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

Bankheta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 119 - -
Population 644 331 313
Child (0-6) 116 66 50
Schedule Caste 199 105 94
Schedule Tribe 15 8 7
Literacy 65.53 % 77.74 % 53.23 %
Total Workers 151 140 11
Main Worker 35 - -
Marginal Worker 116 108 8

Caste Factor

Bankheta village of Palamu has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.90 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.33 % of total population in Bankheta village.

Work Profile

In Bankheta village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 23.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.