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Sherpur Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Noorsarai Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 235 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1380 of which 734 are males while 646 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 16.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 880 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 949, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 74.39 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 77.80 % while female literacy rate was 70.47 %.

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 235 - -
Population 1,380 734 646
Child (0-6) 228 117 111
Schedule Caste 159 86 73
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.39 % 77.80 % 70.47 %
Total Workers 688 388 300
Main Worker 556 - -
Marginal Worker 132 49 83

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.52 % 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, 688 were engaged in work activities. 80.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 688 workers engaged in Main Work, 228 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 296 were Agricultural labourer.