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Shahganj Population - Gaya, Bihar

Shahganj is a medium size village located in Konch Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 249 families residing. The Shahganj village has population of 1916 of which 994 are males while 922 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 416 which makes up 21.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahganj village is 928 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahganj as per census is 1019, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shahganj village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahganj village was 58.67 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shahganj Male literacy stands at 65.61 % while female literacy rate was 50.98 %.

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

Shahganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,916 994 922
Child (0-6) 416 206 210
Schedule Caste 629 327 302
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.67 % 65.61 % 50.98 %
Total Workers 1,046 554 492
Main Worker 668 - -
Marginal Worker 378 161 217

Caste Factor

Shahganj village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.83 % of total population in Shahganj village. The village Shahganj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shahganj village out of total population, 1046 were engaged in work activities. 63.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1046 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 392 were Agricultural labourer.