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Gaya villages

Bihar · Gaya · Amas

Shekh Bigha

506
people at the 2011 Census · 252 male, 254 female

Population

Population
506India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
43.03%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
54.95%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
31.00%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
23.95 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1008 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1080 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
20.55%India 13.59%
SC %
13.83%India 16.63%
ST %
0.00%India 8.63%
Household
6.57India 4.85

Work

Workers
28.85%India 39.80%
Female Work
5.12%India 25.52%
Main Workers
100.00%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
71.15%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Shekh Bigha in context

With 506 people at the 2011 Census, Shekh Bigha was the 2097th most populous of its district's 2886 villages, below the district average of 1,320.

Literacy stood at 43.03%, 18.0 points below the district's rural average of 61.01%.

The sex ratio was 1008 women per 1,000 men (65 above the district's rural figure of 943) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1080, 157 above the rural national 923.

28.9% of the population were recorded as workers, 10.1 points below the district's rural rate.