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Shikarpur Population - Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Jakhania Tehsil of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 242 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 1836 of which 938 are males while 898 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 297 which makes up 16.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 957 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 822, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Shikarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikarpur village was 70.18 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 80.39 % while female literacy rate was 59.82 %.

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 242 - -
Population 1,836 938 898
Child (0-6) 297 163 134
Schedule Caste 449 218 231
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.18 % 80.39 % 59.82 %
Total Workers 842 484 358
Main Worker 428 - -
Marginal Worker 414 180 234

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.46 % 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, 842 were engaged in work activities. 50.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 842 workers engaged in Main Work, 324 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.