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Salimpur Afganan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Salimpur Afganan is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 98 families residing. The Salimpur Afganan village has population of 631 of which 317 are males while 314 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salimpur Afganan village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 11.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salimpur Afganan village is 991 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Salimpur Afganan as per census is 1692, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Salimpur Afganan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Salimpur Afganan village was 88.41 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Salimpur Afganan Male literacy stands at 93.47 % while female literacy rate was 82.96 %.

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

Salimpur Afganan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 631 317 314
Child (0-6) 70 26 44
Schedule Caste 154 75 79
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.41 % 93.47 % 82.96 %
Total Workers 233 190 43
Main Worker 180 - -
Marginal Worker 53 26 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.41 % of total population in Salimpur Afganan village. The village Salimpur Afganan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salimpur Afganan village out of total population, 233 were engaged in work activities. 77.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 233 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 22 were Agricultural labourer.