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Sherpur Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Rahui Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 260 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1545 of which 810 are males while 735 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 337 which makes up 21.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 907 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 883, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 51.82 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 63.39 % while female literacy rate was 39.17 %.

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 260 - -
Population 1,545 810 735
Child (0-6) 337 179 158
Schedule Caste 696 369 327
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 51.82 % 63.39 % 39.17 %
Total Workers 514 369 145
Main Worker 453 - -
Marginal Worker 61 24 37

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Sherpur village.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 514 were engaged in work activities. 88.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 514 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 190 were Agricultural labourer.