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Shankarpur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Dandkhora Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 80 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 383 of which 177 are males while 206 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 14.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 1164 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 1036, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 57.98 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 69.13 % while female literacy rate was 48.59 %.

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

Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 383 177 206
Child (0-6) 57 28 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 344 156 188
Literacy 57.98 % 69.13 % 48.59 %
Total Workers 178 92 86
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 153 76 77

Caste Factor

In Shankarpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 89.82 % of total population in Shankarpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shankarpur village of Katihar.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 178 were engaged in work activities. 14.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 178 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.