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Shikarpur Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Mekliganj Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 424 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 1643 of which 841 are males while 802 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 235 which makes up 14.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 954 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 895, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shikarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikarpur village was 66.76 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 72.25 % while female literacy rate was 61.07 %.

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

Shikarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 424 - -
Population 1,643 841 802
Child (0-6) 235 124 111
Schedule Caste 998 515 483
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.76 % 72.25 % 61.07 %
Total Workers 937 524 413
Main Worker 875 - -
Marginal Worker 62 41 21

Caste Factor

In Shikarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.74 % of total population in Shikarpur village. The village Shikarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shikarpur village out of total population, 937 were engaged in work activities. 93.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 937 workers engaged in Main Work, 409 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 358 were Agricultural labourer.