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Shekhpura Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Shekhpura is a medium size village located in Chandi Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 191 families residing. The Shekhpura village has population of 1069 of which 571 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 172 which makes up 16.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpura village is 872 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpura as per census is 811, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpura village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpura village was 76.14 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpura Male literacy stands at 88.03 % while female literacy rate was 62.71 %.

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

Shekhpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 191 - -
Population 1,069 571 498
Child (0-6) 172 95 77
Schedule Caste 183 102 81
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.14 % 88.03 % 62.71 %
Total Workers 373 283 90
Main Worker 226 - -
Marginal Worker 147 69 78

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.12 % of total population in Shekhpura village. The village Shekhpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpura village out of total population, 373 were engaged in work activities. 60.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 373 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 92 were Agricultural labourer.