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Sherpur Population - Buxar, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Buxar Block of Buxar district, Bihar with total 133 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 998 of which 518 are males while 480 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 21.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 927 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 991, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 68.54 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 81.27 % while female literacy rate was 54.55 %.

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 133 - -
Population 998 518 480
Child (0-6) 213 107 106
Schedule Caste 39 19 20
Schedule Tribe 84 41 43
Literacy 68.54 % 81.27 % 54.55 %
Total Workers 217 212 5
Main Worker 208 - -
Marginal Worker 9 9 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.42 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.91 % of total population in Sherpur village.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 95.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.