Sherpur Population, Caste, Working Data Dehradun, Uttarakhand - Census 2011

Sherpur is a village situated in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 760 families residing in the village Sherpur. The total population of Sherpur is 3,900 out of which 2,043 are males and 1,857 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur is 909.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Sherpur village is 590 which is 15% of the total population. There are 315 male children and 275 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Sherpur is 873 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (909) of Sherpur village.

Population
3,900
Families
760
Literacy
63.87%
Sex Ratio
909

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Sherpur is 63.9%. Thus Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to 74.2% of Dehradun district. The male literacy rate is 71.24% and the female literacy rate is 55.82% in Sherpur village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Sherpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Sherpur Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Sherpur village.

Total Male Female
Children 590 315 275
Literacy 63.87% 71.24% 55.82%
Scheduled Caste 221 114 107
Scheduled Tribe 1,917 1,051 866
Illiterate 1,786 812 974

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 49.2% of total population in Sherpur village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Sherpur village out of total population, 1,196 were engaged in work activities. 66.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,196 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 94 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 799 678 121
Cultivators 148 107 41
Agriculture Labourer 94 84 10
Household Industries 22 19 3
Other Workers 535 468 67
Marginal Workers 397 345 52
Non Working 2,704 1,020 1,684

Nearby Villages to Sherpur,

Below are the list of villages near Sherpur village in Vikasnagar.

Village Population
Hashanpur 2,000
Shisham Bara 2,989
Kalyanpur 627
Misraspatti 833
Sabhawala 4,872
Bakrana 236
Peerwala 230
Bidhauli 899
Tiparpur 3,226
Kanswali Kothari 1,772

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