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Shekhpura Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Shekhpura is a medium size village located in Tharthari Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 282 families residing. The Shekhpura village has population of 1586 of which 806 are males while 780 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 14.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhpura village is 968 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhpura as per census is 1167, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Shekhpura village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhpura village was 63.24 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shekhpura Male literacy stands at 72.78 % while female literacy rate was 53.06 %.

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

Shekhpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 282 - -
Population 1,586 806 780
Child (0-6) 234 108 126
Schedule Caste 237 121 116
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.24 % 72.78 % 53.06 %
Total Workers 547 350 197
Main Worker 510 - -
Marginal Worker 37 21 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.94 % of total population in Shekhpura village. The village Shekhpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhpura village out of total population, 547 were engaged in work activities. 93.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 547 workers engaged in Main Work, 118 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 341 were Agricultural labourer.