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Sherganj Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Sherganj is a medium size village located in Deesa Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 216 families residing. The Sherganj village has population of 1199 of which 627 are males while 572 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 181 which makes up 15.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherganj village is 912 which is lower than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherganj as per census is 885, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Sherganj village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherganj village was 80.35 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Sherganj Male literacy stands at 94.54 % while female literacy rate was 64.89 %.

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

Sherganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,199 627 572
Child (0-6) 181 96 85
Schedule Caste 15 9 6
Schedule Tribe 46 20 26
Literacy 80.35 % 94.54 % 64.89 %
Total Workers 449 340 109
Main Worker 409 - -
Marginal Worker 40 5 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 3.84 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.25 % of total population in Sherganj village.

Work Profile

In Sherganj village out of total population, 449 were engaged in work activities. 91.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 449 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.