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Sherpur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 138 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 730 of which 388 are males while 342 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 9.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 881 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 95.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 99.44 % while female literacy rate was 90.91 %.

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 138 - -
Population 730 388 342
Child (0-6) 68 34 34
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 95.47 % 99.44 % 90.91 %
Total Workers 242 224 18
Main Worker 201 - -
Marginal Worker 41 30 11

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 242 were engaged in work activities. 83.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 242 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.