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Shankarpur Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Shankarpur is a large village located in Simri Bakhtiarpur Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 551 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 2772 of which 1431 are males while 1341 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 499 which makes up 18.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 937 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 1088, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shankarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 68.98 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 76.09 % while female literacy rate was 61.15 %.

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 551 - -
Population 2,772 1,431 1,341
Child (0-6) 499 239 260
Schedule Caste 438 221 217
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.98 % 76.09 % 61.15 %
Total Workers 682 646 36
Main Worker 579 - -
Marginal Worker 103 98 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.80 % of total population in Shankarpur village. The village Shankarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 682 were engaged in work activities. 84.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 682 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 257 were Agricultural labourer.