Shekhopur Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Shekhopur is a medium size village located in Hilsa Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 183 families residing. The Shekhopur village has population of 1034 of which 541 are males while 493 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhopur village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 21.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhopur village is 911 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhopur as per census is 930, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhopur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhopur village was 54.55 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhopur Male literacy stands at 69.79 % while female literacy rate was 37.73 %.

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

Shekhopur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	183	-	-
Population	1,034	541	493
Child (0-6)	220	114	106
Schedule Caste	477	261	216
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	54.55 %	69.79 %	37.73 %
Total Workers	410	272	138
Main Worker	44	-	-
Marginal Worker	366	270	96

Caste Factor

In Shekhopur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.13 % of total population in Shekhopur village. The village Shekhopur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhopur village out of total population, 410 were engaged in work activities. 10.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 410 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.