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Sherpur Population - Solan, Himachal Pradesh

Sherpur is a small village located in Arki Tehsil of Solan district, Himachal Pradesh with total 33 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 179 of which 96 are males while 83 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 11.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 865 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 85.53 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 88.37 % while female literacy rate was 82.19 %.

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 33 - -
Population 179 96 83
Child (0-6) 20 10 10
Schedule Caste 87 43 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.53 % 88.37 % 82.19 %
Total Workers 84 55 29
Main Worker 40 - -
Marginal Worker 44 19 25

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.60 % 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, 84 were engaged in work activities. 47.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 84 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.