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Sherwa Population - Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh

Sherwa is a medium size village located in Chunar Tehsil of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 326 families residing. The Sherwa village has population of 1991 of which 1014 are males while 977 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 321 which makes up 16.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherwa village is 964 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherwa as per census is 922, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Sherwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherwa village was 60.84 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Sherwa Male literacy stands at 69.42 % while female literacy rate was 52.00 %.

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

Sherwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 326 - -
Population 1,991 1,014 977
Child (0-6) 321 167 154
Schedule Caste 332 176 156
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.84 % 69.42 % 52.00 %
Total Workers 944 518 426
Main Worker 388 - -
Marginal Worker 556 233 323

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.68 % of total population in Sherwa village. The village Sherwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherwa village out of total population, 944 were engaged in work activities. 41.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 944 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 254 were Agricultural labourer.