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Sherpur Population - Kaimur, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Kaimur district, Bihar with total 349 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1931 of which 984 are males while 947 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 402 which makes up 20.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 962 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 942, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 53.50 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 64.09 % while female literacy rate was 42.55 %.

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 349 - -
Population 1,931 984 947
Child (0-6) 402 207 195
Schedule Caste 453 232 221
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 53.50 % 64.09 % 42.55 %
Total Workers 723 462 261
Main Worker 518 - -
Marginal Worker 205 40 165

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.46 % 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, 723 were engaged in work activities. 71.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 723 workers engaged in Main Work, 129 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 347 were Agricultural labourer.