Shikarpur Population - Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Nichlaul Tehsil of Maharajganj district, Uttar Pradesh with total 258 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 1355 of which 707 are males while 648 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 20.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 917 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 1000, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Shikarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikarpur village was 41.67 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 53.09 % while female literacy rate was 28.94 %.

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	258	-	-
Population	1,355	707	648
Child (0-6)	280	140	140
Schedule Caste	1,051	550	501
Schedule Tribe	2	2	0
Literacy	41.67 %	53.09 %	28.94 %
Total Workers	700	375	325
Main Worker	353	-	-
Marginal Worker	347	182	165

Caste Factor

In Shikarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 77.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.15 % of total population in Shikarpur village.

Work Profile

In Shikarpur village out of total population, 700 were engaged in work activities. 50.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 700 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 335 were Agricultural labourer.