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Sankh Population - Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh

Sankh is a medium size village located in Chhindwara Tehsil of Chhindwara district, Madhya Pradesh with total 352 families residing. The Sankh village has population of 1742 of which 897 are males while 845 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankh village population of children with age 0-6 is 209 which makes up 12.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankh village is 942 which is higher than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankh as per census is 1049, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Sankh village has higher literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankh village was 70.19 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Sankh Male literacy stands at 79.25 % while female literacy rate was 60.43 %.

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

Sankh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 352 - -
Population 1,742 897 845
Child (0-6) 209 102 107
Schedule Caste 278 148 130
Schedule Tribe 32 15 17
Literacy 70.19 % 79.25 % 60.43 %
Total Workers 877 500 377
Main Worker 378 - -
Marginal Worker 499 150 349

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.96 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.84 % of total population in Sankh village.

Work Profile

In Sankh village out of total population, 877 were engaged in work activities. 43.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 877 workers engaged in Main Work, 230 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.