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Shekhpur Population - Mahesana, Gujarat

Shekhpur is a medium size village located in Vadnagar Taluka of Mahesana district, Gujarat with total 261 families residing. The Shekhpur village has population of 1387 of which 719 are males while 668 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 198 which makes up 14.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpur village is 929 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpur as per census is 784, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Shekhpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpur village was 79.23 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Shekhpur Male literacy stands at 88.82 % while female literacy rate was 69.19 %.

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

Shekhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 261 - -
Population 1,387 719 668
Child (0-6) 198 111 87
Schedule Caste 65 33 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.23 % 88.82 % 69.19 %
Total Workers 502 401 101
Main Worker 466 - -
Marginal Worker 36 24 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.69 % of total population in Shekhpur village. The village Shekhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpur village out of total population, 502 were engaged in work activities. 92.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 502 workers engaged in Main Work, 229 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.