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Sherpur Population - Gopalganj, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Kuchaikote Block of Gopalganj district, Bihar with total 196 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1126 of which 576 are males while 550 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 17.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 955 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 804, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 63.99 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 77.61 % while female literacy rate was 50.22 %.

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

Sherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 1,126 576 550
Child (0-6) 193 107 86
Schedule Caste 280 143 137
Schedule Tribe 509 254 255
Literacy 63.99 % 77.61 % 50.22 %
Total Workers 270 233 37
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 180 162 18

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.20 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 24.87 % of total population in Sherpur village.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 33.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.