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Shekharpur Population - Jashpur, Chhattisgarh

Shekharpur is a medium size village located in Pathalgaon Tehsil of Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh with total 291 families residing. The Shekharpur village has population of 1418 of which 738 are males while 680 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekharpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 11.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekharpur village is 921 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekharpur as per census is 772, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Shekharpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekharpur village was 71.00 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Shekharpur Male literacy stands at 82.82 % while female literacy rate was 58.46 %.

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

Shekharpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,418 738 680
Child (0-6) 163 92 71
Schedule Caste 154 92 62
Schedule Tribe 648 334 314
Literacy 71.00 % 82.82 % 58.46 %
Total Workers 707 400 307
Main Worker 556 - -
Marginal Worker 151 28 123

Caste Factor

In Shekharpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 45.70 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.86 % of total population in Shekharpur village.

Work Profile

In Shekharpur village out of total population, 707 were engaged in work activities. 78.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 707 workers engaged in Main Work, 375 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 119 were Agricultural labourer.