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Shekhpura Population - Gaya, Bihar

Shekhpura is a medium size village located in Belaganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 199 families residing. The Shekhpura village has population of 1101 of which 549 are males while 552 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 252 which makes up 22.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpura village is 1005 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpura as per census is 1032, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpura village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpura village was 64.78 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpura Male literacy stands at 77.41 % while female literacy rate was 52.12 %.

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 199 - -
Population 1,101 549 552
Child (0-6) 252 124 128
Schedule Caste 229 117 112
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.78 % 77.41 % 52.12 %
Total Workers 517 260 257
Main Worker 258 - -
Marginal Worker 259 63 196

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.80 % 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, 517 were engaged in work activities. 49.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 517 workers engaged in Main Work, 151 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.