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Sherpur Population - Begusarai, Bihar

Sherpur is a large village located in Bhagwanpur Block of Begusarai district, Bihar with total 627 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 3058 of which 1578 are males while 1480 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 644 which makes up 21.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 938 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 856, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 56.71 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 65.23 % while female literacy rate was 47.84 %.

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 627 - -
Population 3,058 1,578 1,480
Child (0-6) 644 347 297
Schedule Caste 330 168 162
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 56.71 % 65.23 % 47.84 %
Total Workers 1,007 709 298
Main Worker 607 - -
Marginal Worker 400 241 159

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.79 % of total population in Sherpur village. The village Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 1007 were engaged in work activities. 60.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1007 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 216 were Agricultural labourer.