Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Shankarpur Population - Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Pithora Tehsil of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh with total 325 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 1274 of which 636 are males while 638 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 14.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 1003 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 895, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Shankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 55.94 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 63.40 % while female literacy rate was 48.64 %.

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

Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 325 - -
Population 1,274 636 638
Child (0-6) 180 95 85
Schedule Caste 512 267 245
Schedule Tribe 173 78 95
Literacy 55.94 % 63.40 % 48.64 %
Total Workers 597 356 241
Main Worker 79 - -
Marginal Worker 518 283 235

Caste Factor

In Shankarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.19 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.58 % of total population in Shankarpur village.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 597 were engaged in work activities. 13.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 597 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.