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Shikarpur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 165 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 867 of which 444 are males while 423 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 18.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 953 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 976, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shikarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikarpur village was 53.34 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 62.33 % while female literacy rate was 43.86 %.

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 165 - -
Population 867 444 423
Child (0-6) 164 83 81
Schedule Caste 224 109 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.34 % 62.33 % 43.86 %
Total Workers 226 210 16
Main Worker 190 - -
Marginal Worker 36 30 6

Caste Factor

Shikarpur village of Katihar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.84 % 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, 226 were engaged in work activities. 84.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 226 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.