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Sherpur Population - Saran, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Marhaura Block of Saran district, Bihar with total 230 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1422 of which 762 are males while 660 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 17.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 866 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 796, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 68.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 78.06 % while female literacy rate was 57.22 %.

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

Sherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 230 - -
Population 1,422 762 660
Child (0-6) 255 142 113
Schedule Caste 462 256 206
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.29 % 78.06 % 57.22 %
Total Workers 397 366 31
Main Worker 112 - -
Marginal Worker 285 265 20

Caste Factor

Sherpur village of Saran has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.49 % of total population in Sherpur village. The village Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 397 were engaged in work activities. 28.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 397 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.