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Shankarpur Population - Araria, Bihar

Shankarpur is a large village located in Kursakatta Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 696 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 3396 of which 1769 are males while 1627 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 658 which makes up 19.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 920 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 1069, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shankarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 66.54 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 77.95 % while female literacy rate was 53.69 %.

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 696 - -
Population 3,396 1,769 1,627
Child (0-6) 658 318 340
Schedule Caste 392 207 185
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 66.54 % 77.95 % 53.69 %
Total Workers 1,593 918 675
Main Worker 823 - -
Marginal Worker 770 211 559

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Shankarpur village.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 1593 were engaged in work activities. 51.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1593 workers engaged in Main Work, 239 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 494 were Agricultural labourer.