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Sherwa Population - Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Sherwa is a large village located in Burhanpur Tehsil of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh with total 517 families residing. The Sherwa village has population of 3554 of which 1734 are males while 1820 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 604 which makes up 16.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherwa village is 1050 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherwa as per census is 942, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Sherwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherwa village was 60.88 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Sherwa Male literacy stands at 71.61 % while female literacy rate was 50.88 %.

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

Sherwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 517 - -
Population 3,554 1,734 1,820
Child (0-6) 604 311 293
Schedule Caste 913 445 468
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.88 % 71.61 % 50.88 %
Total Workers 871 718 153
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 547 420 127

Caste Factor

Sherwa village of Azamgarh has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.69 % of total population in Sherwa village. The village Sherwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherwa village out of total population, 871 were engaged in work activities. 37.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 871 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 136 were Agricultural labourer.