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Shikarpur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Khandaghosh Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 199 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 815 of which 427 are males while 388 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 11.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 909 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 811, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Shikarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikarpur village was 78.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 81.82 % while female literacy rate was 74.78 %.

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

Shikarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 199 - -
Population 815 427 388
Child (0-6) 96 53 43
Schedule Caste 148 86 62
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.44 % 81.82 % 74.78 %
Total Workers 309 286 23
Main Worker 250 - -
Marginal Worker 59 40 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.16 % of total population in Shikarpur village. The village Shikarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shikarpur village out of total population, 309 were engaged in work activities. 80.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 309 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.