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Sheer Population - Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

Sheer is a medium size village located in Guhagar Taluka of Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra with total 409 families residing. The Sheer village has population of 1403 of which 505 are males while 898 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheer village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 11.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheer village is 1778 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheer as per census is 1092, higher than Maharashtra average of 894.

Sheer village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheer village was 66.24 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Sheer Male literacy stands at 81.35 % while female literacy rate was 58.28 %.

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

Sheer Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 409 - -
Population 1,403 505 898
Child (0-6) 159 76 83
Schedule Caste 164 73 91
Schedule Tribe 3 2 1
Literacy 66.24 % 81.35 % 58.28 %
Total Workers 848 251 597
Main Worker 745 - -
Marginal Worker 103 28 75

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.69 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.21 % of total population in Sheer village.

Work Profile

In Sheer village out of total population, 848 were engaged in work activities. 87.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 848 workers engaged in Main Work, 654 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.