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Sherpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Gaya Town C.D.Block Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 247 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1839 of which 915 are males while 924 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 429 which makes up 23.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 1010 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1189, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 59.93 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 65.65 % while female literacy rate was 53.98 %.

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 247 - -
Population 1,839 915 924
Child (0-6) 429 196 233
Schedule Caste 423 201 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.93 % 65.65 % 53.98 %
Total Workers 628 424 204
Main Worker 169 - -
Marginal Worker 459 273 186

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.00 % 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, 628 were engaged in work activities. 26.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 73.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 628 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.