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Sherpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Tikari Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 111 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 690 of which 334 are males while 356 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 144 which makes up 20.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 1066 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 846, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 69.78 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 81.64 % while female literacy rate was 59.31 %.

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 111 - -
Population 690 334 356
Child (0-6) 144 78 66
Schedule Caste 344 177 167
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 69.78 % 81.64 % 59.31 %
Total Workers 119 106 13
Main Worker 92 - -
Marginal Worker 27 21 6

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.14 % of total population in Sherpur village.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 77.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.