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Sherpur Population - Kaimur, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Chainpur Block of Kaimur district, Bihar with total 216 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1165 of which 598 are males while 567 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 229 which makes up 19.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 948 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1009, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 66.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 79.13 % while female literacy rate was 53.10 %.

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 216 - -
Population 1,165 598 567
Child (0-6) 229 114 115
Schedule Caste 190 86 104
Schedule Tribe 41 20 21
Literacy 66.56 % 79.13 % 53.10 %
Total Workers 353 296 57
Main Worker 243 - -
Marginal Worker 110 61 49

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.31 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 3.52 % of total population in Sherpur village.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 353 were engaged in work activities. 68.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 353 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 101 were Agricultural labourer.