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Shekhpurwa Population - Siwan, Bihar

Shekhpurwa is a medium size village located in Hasanpura Block of Siwan district, Bihar with total 196 families residing. The Shekhpurwa village has population of 1173 of which 543 are males while 630 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpurwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 16.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpurwa village is 1160 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpurwa as per census is 1140, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpurwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpurwa village was 66.84 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpurwa Male literacy stands at 82.44 % while female literacy rate was 53.44 %.

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

Shekhpurwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 1,173 543 630
Child (0-6) 199 93 106
Schedule Caste 157 83 74
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.84 % 82.44 % 53.44 %
Total Workers 287 239 48
Main Worker 24 - -
Marginal Worker 263 219 44

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.38 % of total population in Shekhpurwa village. The village Shekhpurwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpurwa village out of total population, 287 were engaged in work activities. 8.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 287 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.