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Gangapur Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Gangapur is a medium size village located in Ariari Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 184 families residing. The Gangapur village has population of 1130 of which 540 are males while 590 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gangapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 270 which makes up 23.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gangapur village is 1093 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Gangapur as per census is 1015, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Gangapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Gangapur village was 57.33 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Gangapur Male literacy stands at 67.73 % while female literacy rate was 48.02 %.

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

Gangapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 184 - -
Population 1,130 540 590
Child (0-6) 270 134 136
Schedule Caste 234 117 117
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.33 % 67.73 % 48.02 %
Total Workers 536 245 291
Main Worker 368 - -
Marginal Worker 168 80 88

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.71 % of total population in Gangapur village. The village Gangapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gangapur village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 68.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 343 were Agricultural labourer.