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Shekhpurwa Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Shekhpurwa is a medium size village located in Barbigha Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 153 families residing. The Shekhpurwa village has population of 1008 of which 529 are males while 479 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 15.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpurwa village is 905 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpurwa as per census is 770, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpurwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpurwa village was 86.07 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpurwa Male literacy stands at 95.25 % while female literacy rate was 76.21 %.

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

Shekhpurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 1,008 529 479
Child (0-6) 154 87 67
Schedule Caste 5 4 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.07 % 95.25 % 76.21 %
Total Workers 270 237 33
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 217 196 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.50 % of total population in Shekhpurwa village. The village Shekhpurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpurwa village out of total population, 270 were engaged in work activities. 19.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 270 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.