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Shekhpurwa Population - Lakhisarai, Bihar

Shekhpurwa is a medium size village located in Halsi Block of Lakhisarai district, Bihar with total 238 families residing. The Shekhpurwa village has population of 1433 of which 733 are males while 700 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 287 which makes up 20.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpurwa village is 955 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpurwa as per census is 926, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpurwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpurwa village was 51.83 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpurwa Male literacy stands at 66.61 % while female literacy rate was 36.48 %.

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

Shekhpurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 238 - -
Population 1,433 733 700
Child (0-6) 287 149 138
Schedule Caste 376 195 181
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 51.83 % 66.61 % 36.48 %
Total Workers 490 380 110
Main Worker 475 - -
Marginal Worker 15 4 11

Caste Factor

Shekhpurwa village of Lakhisarai has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.24 % of total population in Shekhpurwa village. The village Shekhpurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpurwa village out of total population, 490 were engaged in work activities. 96.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 490 workers engaged in Main Work, 228 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 234 were Agricultural labourer.