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Shekhpur Population - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Shekhpur is a medium size village located in Shahganj Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 262 families residing. The Shekhpur village has population of 1823 of which 915 are males while 908 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 286 which makes up 15.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpur village is 992 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpur as per census is 1014, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Shekhpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpur village was 74.76 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Shekhpur Male literacy stands at 83.96 % while female literacy rate was 65.45 %.

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

Shekhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,823 915 908
Child (0-6) 286 142 144
Schedule Caste 403 194 209
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.76 % 83.96 % 65.45 %
Total Workers 686 418 268
Main Worker 375 - -
Marginal Worker 311 119 192

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.11 % of total population in Shekhpur village. The village Shekhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpur village out of total population, 686 were engaged in work activities. 54.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 45.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 686 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.