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Shankarpur Population - Samastipur, Bihar

Shankarpur is a large village located in Shivaji Nagar Block of Samastipur district, Bihar with total 449 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 2294 of which 1235 are males while 1059 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 374 which makes up 16.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 857 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 833, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shankarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 61.35 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 75.17 % while female literacy rate was 45.33 %.

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 449 - -
Population 2,294 1,235 1,059
Child (0-6) 374 204 170
Schedule Caste 339 168 171
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.35 % 75.17 % 45.33 %
Total Workers 651 534 117
Main Worker 504 - -
Marginal Worker 147 43 104

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.78 % 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, 651 were engaged in work activities. 77.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 651 workers engaged in Main Work, 247 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.