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Sherpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Tikari Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 190 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1361 of which 736 are males while 625 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 14.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 849 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 897, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 63.47 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 73.13 % while female literacy rate was 51.98 %.

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 190 - -
Population 1,361 736 625
Child (0-6) 203 107 96
Schedule Caste 160 82 78
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.47 % 73.13 % 51.98 %
Total Workers 478 358 120
Main Worker 391 - -
Marginal Worker 87 70 17

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.76 % 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, 478 were engaged in work activities. 81.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 327 were Agricultural labourer.