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Shikarpur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Memari - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 57 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 283 of which 151 are males while 132 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 35 which makes up 12.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 874 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 667, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shikarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikarpur village was 81.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 89.23 % while female literacy rate was 72.88 %.

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

Shikarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 57 - -
Population 283 151 132
Child (0-6) 35 21 14
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 7 3 4
Literacy 81.45 % 89.23 % 72.88 %
Total Workers 99 92 7
Main Worker 88 - -
Marginal Worker 11 9 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.47 % of total population in Shikarpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Shikarpur village of Barddhaman.

Work Profile

In Shikarpur village out of total population, 99 were engaged in work activities. 88.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 99 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.