Sherpur Population - Barmer, Rajasthan

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Chohtan Tehsil of Barmer district, Rajasthan with total 319 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1984 of which 1034 are males while 950 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 437 which makes up 22.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 919 which is lower than Rajasthan state average of 928. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 908, higher than Rajasthan average of 888.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Rajasthan. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 27.86 % compared to 66.11 % of Rajasthan. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 38.01 % while female literacy rate was 16.85 %.

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

Sherpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	319	-	-
Population	1,984	1,034	950
Child (0-6)	437	229	208
Schedule Caste	1,115	575	540
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	27.86 %	38.01 %	16.85 %
Total Workers	1,039	544	495
Main Worker	812	-	-
Marginal Worker	227	66	161

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.20 % of total population in Sherpur village. The village Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 1039 were engaged in work activities. 78.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1039 workers engaged in Main Work, 728 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.