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Sherpur Population - Basti, Uttar Pradesh

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Harraiya Tehsil of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh with total 68 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 505 of which 267 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 86 which makes up 17.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 891 which is lower than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 911, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 58.47 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 68.02 % while female literacy rate was 47.72 %.

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 68 - -
Population 505 267 238
Child (0-6) 86 45 41
Schedule Caste 144 87 57
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.47 % 68.02 % 47.72 %
Total Workers 291 165 126
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 250 124 126

Caste Factor

Sherpur village of Basti has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.51 % 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, 291 were engaged in work activities. 14.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 291 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.