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Shamsher Khap Population - Gaya, Bihar

Shamsher Khap is a medium size village located in Amas Block of Gaya district, Bihar with total 249 families residing. The Shamsher Khap village has population of 1418 of which 737 are males while 681 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamsher Khap village population of children with age 0-6 is 296 which makes up 20.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamsher Khap village is 924 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamsher Khap as per census is 731, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Shamsher Khap village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamsher Khap village was 81.02 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Shamsher Khap Male literacy stands at 91.70 % while female literacy rate was 70.14 %.

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

Shamsher Khap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,418 737 681
Child (0-6) 296 171 125
Schedule Caste 407 222 185
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.02 % 91.70 % 70.14 %
Total Workers 490 336 154
Main Worker 21 - -
Marginal Worker 469 321 148

Caste Factor

Shamsher Khap village of Gaya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.70 % of total population in Shamsher Khap village. The village Shamsher Khap currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shamsher Khap village out of total population, 490 were engaged in work activities. 4.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 490 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.