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Shankarpur Population - Araria, Bihar

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Forbesganj Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 284 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 1646 of which 868 are males while 778 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 365 which makes up 22.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 896 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 973, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 39.89 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 49.19 % while female literacy rate was 29.26 %.

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

Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,646 868 778
Child (0-6) 365 185 180
Schedule Caste 103 57 46
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 39.89 % 49.19 % 29.26 %
Total Workers 732 464 268
Main Worker 472 - -
Marginal Worker 260 23 237

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.26 % of total population in Shankarpur village. The village Shankarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 732 were engaged in work activities. 64.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 732 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 362 were Agricultural labourer.