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Sherpur Population - Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Sherpur is a large village located in Vikasnagar Tehsil of Dehradun district, Uttarakhand with total 760 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 3900 of which 2043 are males while 1857 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 590 which makes up 15.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 909 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 873, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 63.87 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 71.24 % while female literacy rate was 55.82 %.

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 760 - -
Population 3,900 2,043 1,857
Child (0-6) 590 315 275
Schedule Caste 221 114 107
Schedule Tribe 1,917 1,051 866
Literacy 63.87 % 71.24 % 55.82 %
Total Workers 1,196 1,023 173
Main Worker 799 - -
Marginal Worker 397 345 52

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 49.15 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.67 % of total population in Sherpur village.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 1196 were engaged in work activities. 66.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1196 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.