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Shikarpur Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Shikarpur is a medium size village located in Hariharganj Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 127 families residing. The Shikarpur village has population of 733 of which 388 are males while 345 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shikarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 20.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shikarpur village is 889 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Shikarpur as per census is 705, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Shikarpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Shikarpur village was 60.03 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Shikarpur Male literacy stands at 73.00 % while female literacy rate was 46.29 %.

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

Shikarpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 733 388 345
Child (0-6) 150 88 62
Schedule Caste 309 165 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.03 % 73.00 % 46.29 %
Total Workers 176 165 11
Main Worker 97 - -
Marginal Worker 79 68 11

Caste Factor

In Shikarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.16 % of total population in Shikarpur village. The village Shikarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shikarpur village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 55.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 80 were Agricultural labourer.