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Sankhla Population - Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Sankhla is a medium size village located in Jaisalmer Tehsil of Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan with total 129 families residing. The Sankhla village has population of 823 of which 454 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sankhla village population of children with age 0-6 is 155 which makes up 18.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sankhla village is 813 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Sankhla as per census is 722, lower than Rajasthan average of 888.

Sankhla village has higher literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Sankhla village was 69.76 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Sankhla Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 51.97 %.

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

Sankhla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 129 - -
Population 823 454 369
Child (0-6) 155 90 65
Schedule Caste 95 54 41
Schedule Tribe 69 35 34
Literacy 69.76 % 84.62 % 51.97 %
Total Workers 363 213 150
Main Worker 219 - -
Marginal Worker 144 64 80

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.38 % of total population in Sankhla village.

Work Profile

In Sankhla village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 60.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.