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Sherpur Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Chatra Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 104 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 636 of which 333 are males while 303 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 24.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 910 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1093, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 55.95 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 75.97 % while female literacy rate was 32.58 %.

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 104 - -
Population 636 333 303
Child (0-6) 157 75 82
Schedule Caste 166 83 83
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.95 % 75.97 % 32.58 %
Total Workers 281 168 113
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 248 140 108

Caste Factor

Sherpur village of Chatra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.10 % 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, 281 were engaged in work activities. 11.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 281 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.