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Sherpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Sherghati Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 56 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 301 of which 155 are males while 146 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 17.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 942 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 828, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 44.35 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 53.17 % while female literacy rate was 35.25 %.

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 56 - -
Population 301 155 146
Child (0-6) 53 29 24
Schedule Caste 48 26 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.35 % 53.17 % 35.25 %
Total Workers 136 68 68
Main Worker 136 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.95 % 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, 136 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.