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Shekhpura Population - Patna, Bihar

Shekhpura is a medium size village located in Punpun Block of Patna district, Bihar with total 284 families residing. The Shekhpura village has population of 1571 of which 812 are males while 759 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 330 which makes up 21.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpura village is 935 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpura as per census is 1143, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpura village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpura village was 55.60 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpura Male literacy stands at 65.20 % while female literacy rate was 44.77 %.

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

Shekhpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,571 812 759
Child (0-6) 330 154 176
Schedule Caste 726 379 347
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.60 % 65.20 % 44.77 %
Total Workers 492 388 104
Main Worker 484 - -
Marginal Worker 8 7 1

Caste Factor

In Shekhpura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.21 % of total population in Shekhpura village. The village Shekhpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpura village out of total population, 492 were engaged in work activities. 98.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 492 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 362 were Agricultural labourer.