Sherpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Gaya Town C.D.Block Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 289 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1715 of which 913 are males while 802 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 349 which makes up 20.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 878 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 886, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 64.71 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 76.37 % while female literacy rate was 51.41 %.

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	289	-	-
Population	1,715	913	802
Child (0-6)	349	185	164
Schedule Caste	633	330	303
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	64.71 %	76.37 %	51.41 %
Total Workers	626	415	211
Main Worker	395	-	-
Marginal Worker	231	103	128

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.91 % 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, 626 were engaged in work activities. 63.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 626 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer.