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Shankarpur Population - Gaya, Bihar

Shankarpur is a medium size village located in Belaganj Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 169 families residing. The Shankarpur village has population of 1223 of which 642 are males while 581 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 20.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpur village is 905 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpur as per census is 741, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shankarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpur village was 69.49 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shankarpur Male literacy stands at 82.22 % while female literacy rate was 56.14 %.

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

Shankarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 169 - -
Population 1,223 642 581
Child (0-6) 256 147 109
Schedule Caste 722 374 348
Schedule Tribe 4 3 1
Literacy 69.49 % 82.22 % 56.14 %
Total Workers 525 342 183
Main Worker 369 - -
Marginal Worker 156 81 75

Caste Factor

In Shankarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.33 % of total population in Shankarpur village.

Work Profile

In Shankarpur village out of total population, 525 were engaged in work activities. 70.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 525 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 317 were Agricultural labourer.