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Sherpura Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Sherpura is a medium size village located in Vadgam Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 279 families residing. The Sherpura village has population of 1396 of which 719 are males while 677 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 210 which makes up 15.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpura village is 942 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpura as per census is 858, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Sherpura village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpura village was 76.48 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Sherpura Male literacy stands at 86.63 % while female literacy rate was 65.86 %.

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

Sherpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 279 - -
Population 1,396 719 677
Child (0-6) 210 113 97
Schedule Caste 371 198 173
Schedule Tribe 4 3 1
Literacy 76.48 % 86.63 % 65.86 %
Total Workers 438 379 59
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 86 39 47

Caste Factor

Sherpura village of Banaskantha has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.58 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.29 % of total population in Sherpura village.

Work Profile

In Sherpura village out of total population, 438 were engaged in work activities. 80.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 191 were Agricultural labourer.