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Sherpur Population - Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Sherpur is a large village located in Shahganj Tehsil of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 502 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 3845 of which 2033 are males while 1812 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 597 which makes up 15.53 % 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 809, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 69.70 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 80.39 % while female literacy rate was 57.93 %.

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 502 - -
Population 3,845 2,033 1,812
Child (0-6) 597 330 267
Schedule Caste 484 251 233
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.70 % 80.39 % 57.93 %
Total Workers 947 793 154
Main Worker 217 - -
Marginal Worker 730 601 129

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.59 % 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, 947 were engaged in work activities. 22.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 947 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.