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Shamnagar Population - Gaya, Bihar

Shamnagar is a medium size village located in Khizirsarai Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 168 families residing. The Shamnagar village has population of 1159 of which 579 are males while 580 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamnagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 11.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamnagar village is 1002 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamnagar as per census is 1016, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shamnagar village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamnagar village was 67.38 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shamnagar Male literacy stands at 80.78 % while female literacy rate was 53.98 %.

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

Shamnagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 168 - -
Population 1,159 579 580
Child (0-6) 129 64 65
Schedule Caste 224 110 114
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.38 % 80.78 % 53.98 %
Total Workers 540 292 248
Main Worker 496 - -
Marginal Worker 44 23 21

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.33 % of total population in Shamnagar village. The village Shamnagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shamnagar village out of total population, 540 were engaged in work activities. 91.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 540 workers engaged in Main Work, 344 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.