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Sherpur Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Asthawan Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 263 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1925 of which 1028 are males while 897 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 13.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 873 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1139, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 74.04 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 88.41 % while female literacy rate was 56.86 %.

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 263 - -
Population 1,925 1,028 897
Child (0-6) 261 122 139
Schedule Caste 621 322 299
Schedule Tribe 6 2 4
Literacy 74.04 % 88.41 % 56.86 %
Total Workers 678 480 198
Main Worker 671 - -
Marginal Worker 7 5 2

Caste Factor

Sherpur village of Nalanda has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.26 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.31 % of total population in Sherpur village.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 678 were engaged in work activities. 98.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 678 workers engaged in Main Work, 165 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 416 were Agricultural labourer.