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Shamsherpur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Shamsherpur is a medium size village located in Azamnagar Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 132 families residing. The Shamsherpur village has population of 612 of which 309 are males while 303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamsherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 18.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamsherpur village is 981 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamsherpur as per census is 1036, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shamsherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamsherpur village was 58.43 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shamsherpur Male literacy stands at 66.40 % while female literacy rate was 50.20 %.

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

Shamsherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 132 - -
Population 612 309 303
Child (0-6) 114 56 58
Schedule Caste 76 46 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.43 % 66.40 % 50.20 %
Total Workers 217 184 33
Main Worker 215 - -
Marginal Worker 2 0 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.42 % of total population in Shamsherpur village. The village Shamsherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shamsherpur village out of total population, 217 were engaged in work activities. 99.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 217 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 153 were Agricultural labourer.