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Sheikhpura Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Sheikhpura is a medium size village located in Hussainabad Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 174 families residing. The Sheikhpura village has population of 792 of which 404 are males while 388 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 19.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhpura village is 960 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhpura as per census is 1243, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Sheikhpura village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhpura village was 67.56 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Sheikhpura Male literacy stands at 84.73 % while female literacy rate was 48.50 %.

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

Sheikhpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 174 - -
Population 792 404 388
Child (0-6) 157 70 87
Schedule Caste 384 203 181
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.56 % 84.73 % 48.50 %
Total Workers 363 187 176
Main Worker 33 - -
Marginal Worker 330 166 164

Caste Factor

In Sheikhpura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.48 % of total population in Sheikhpura village. The village Sheikhpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhpura village out of total population, 363 were engaged in work activities. 9.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 363 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.