Shakarpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Shakarpur is a medium size village located in Banke Bazar Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 353 families residing. The Shakarpur village has population of 1830 of which 935 are males while 895 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shakarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 305 which makes up 16.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shakarpur village is 957 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shakarpur as per census is 930, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shakarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shakarpur village was 55.48 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shakarpur Male literacy stands at 68.85 % while female literacy rate was 41.58 %.

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

Shakarpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	353	-	-
Population	1,830	935	895
Child (0-6)	305	158	147
Schedule Caste	995	485	510
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	55.48 %	68.85 %	41.58 %
Total Workers	794	479	315
Main Worker	312	-	-
Marginal Worker	482	207	275

Caste Factor

In Shakarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.37 % of total population in Shakarpur village. The village Shakarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shakarpur village out of total population, 794 were engaged in work activities. 39.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 794 workers engaged in Main Work, 49 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 181 were Agricultural labourer.