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Sherpur Population - Siwan, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Goriakothi Block of Siwan district, Bihar with total 177 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1055 of which 549 are males while 506 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 17.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 922 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 897, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 76.12 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 80.75 % while female literacy rate was 71.12 %.

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 177 - -
Population 1,055 549 506
Child (0-6) 184 97 87
Schedule Caste 165 85 80
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.12 % 80.75 % 71.12 %
Total Workers 279 209 70
Main Worker 23 - -
Marginal Worker 256 192 64

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.64 % 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, 279 were engaged in work activities. 8.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 279 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.