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Shekhpur Population - Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

Shekhpur is a large village located in Ghazipur Tehsil of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 290 families residing. The Shekhpur village has population of 2019 of which 1047 are males while 972 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 279 which makes up 13.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpur village is 928 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpur as per census is 1022, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Shekhpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpur village was 73.33 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Shekhpur Male literacy stands at 85.26 % while female literacy rate was 60.29 %.

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

Shekhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 2,019 1,047 972
Child (0-6) 279 138 141
Schedule Caste 475 241 234
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.33 % 85.26 % 60.29 %
Total Workers 550 490 60
Main Worker 460 - -
Marginal Worker 90 71 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.53 % of total population in Shekhpur village. The village Shekhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpur village out of total population, 550 were engaged in work activities. 83.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 550 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.