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Sherpur Kham Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Sherpur Kham is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 115 families residing. The Sherpur Kham village has population of 553 of which 281 are males while 272 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur Kham village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 8.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur Kham village is 968 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur Kham as per census is 800, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur Kham village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur Kham village was 92.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Kham Male literacy stands at 96.88 % while female literacy rate was 87.30 %.

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

Sherpur Kham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 553 281 272
Child (0-6) 45 25 20
Schedule Caste 251 129 122
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.13 % 96.88 % 87.30 %
Total Workers 191 163 28
Main Worker 154 - -
Marginal Worker 37 29 8

Caste Factor

In Sherpur Kham village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.39 % of total population in Sherpur Kham village. The village Sherpur Kham currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur Kham village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 80.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.