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Shahpur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Shahpur is a small village located in Jalalgarh Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 42 families residing. The Shahpur village has population of 175 of which 97 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 46 which makes up 26.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahpur village is 804 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahpur as per census is 1091, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shahpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahpur village was 14.73 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shahpur Male literacy stands at 12.00 % while female literacy rate was 18.52 %.

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

Shahpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 175 97 78
Child (0-6) 46 22 24
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 14.73 % 12.00 % 18.52 %
Total Workers 55 44 11
Main Worker 36 - -
Marginal Worker 19 12 7

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Shahpur village of Purnia district.

Work Profile

In Shahpur village out of total population, 55 were engaged in work activities. 65.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 55 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.