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Shekhpur Population - Bhagalpur, Bihar

Shekhpur is a medium size village located in Shahkund Block of Bhagalpur district, Bihar with total 291 families residing. The Shekhpur village has population of 1654 of which 878 are males while 776 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 400 which makes up 24.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpur village is 884 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpur as per census is 1020, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpur village was 68.02 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpur Male literacy stands at 73.53 % while female literacy rate was 61.50 %.

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

Shekhpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,654 878 776
Child (0-6) 400 198 202
Schedule Caste 307 148 159
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 68.02 % 73.53 % 61.50 %
Total Workers 636 402 234
Main Worker 217 - -
Marginal Worker 419 193 226

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Shekhpur village.

Work Profile

In Shekhpur village out of total population, 636 were engaged in work activities. 34.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 65.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 636 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.