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Shikarpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 56 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 214 of which 113 are males while 101 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 25 which makes up 11.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 894 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 563, 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 95.24 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 98.97 % while female literacy rate was 91.30 %.

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 56 - -
Population 214 113 101
Child (0-6) 25 16 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.24 % 98.97 % 91.30 %
Total Workers 53 49 4
Main Worker 3 - -
Marginal Worker 50 47 3

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Shikarpur village of Purba Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Shikarpur village out of total population, 53 were engaged in work activities. 5.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 53 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.