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Sherpur Population - Arwal, Bihar

Sherpur is a large village located in Sonbhadra Banshi Suryapur Block of Arwal district, Bihar with total 428 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 2511 of which 1345 are males while 1166 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 412 which makes up 16.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 867 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 916, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 72.80 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 81.24 % while female literacy rate was 62.95 %.

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 428 - -
Population 2,511 1,345 1,166
Child (0-6) 412 215 197
Schedule Caste 318 151 167
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.80 % 81.24 % 62.95 %
Total Workers 793 600 193
Main Worker 784 - -
Marginal Worker 9 4 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.66 % of total population in Sherpur village. The village Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 793 were engaged in work activities. 98.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 793 workers engaged in Main Work, 173 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 522 were Agricultural labourer.