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Shikhera Population - Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Shikhera is a large village located in Mawana Tehsil of Meerut district, Uttar Pradesh with total 360 families residing. The Shikhera village has population of 2202 of which 1190 are males while 1012 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikhera village population of children with age 0-6 is 307 which makes up 13.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikhera village is 850 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikhera as per census is 968, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Shikhera village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikhera village was 75.36 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Shikhera Male literacy stands at 87.62 % while female literacy rate was 60.63 %.

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

Shikhera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 360 - -
Population 2,202 1,190 1,012
Child (0-6) 307 156 151
Schedule Caste 592 322 270
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.36 % 87.62 % 60.63 %
Total Workers 758 592 166
Main Worker 688 - -
Marginal Worker 70 41 29

Caste Factor

Shikhera village of Meerut has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.88 % of total population in Shikhera village. The village Shikhera currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shikhera village out of total population, 758 were engaged in work activities. 90.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 758 workers engaged in Main Work, 355 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.