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Shamashpur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Shamashpur is a medium size village located in Barsoi Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 219 families residing. The Shamashpur village has population of 985 of which 503 are males while 482 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamashpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 219 which makes up 22.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamashpur village is 958 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamashpur as per census is 991, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shamashpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamashpur village was 52.22 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shamashpur Male literacy stands at 55.73 % while female literacy rate was 48.53 %.

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

Shamashpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 219 - -
Population 985 503 482
Child (0-6) 219 110 109
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.22 % 55.73 % 48.53 %
Total Workers 270 245 25
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 14 12 2

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Shamashpur village of Katihar district.

Work Profile

In Shamashpur village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 94.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 211 were Agricultural labourer.