Shekhupur Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Shekhupur is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 131 families residing. The Shekhupur village has population of 701 of which 373 are males while 328 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhupur village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhupur village is 879 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhupur as per census is 1250, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shekhupur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhupur village was 88.55 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shekhupur Male literacy stands at 92.28 % while female literacy rate was 84.10 %.

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

Shekhupur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	131	-	-
Population	701	373	328
Child (0-6)	81	36	45
Schedule Caste	377	200	177
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	88.55 %	92.28 %	84.10 %
Total Workers	244	214	30
Main Worker	223	-	-
Marginal Worker	21	11	10

Caste Factor

In Shekhupur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.78 % of total population in Shekhupur village. The village Shekhupur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhupur village out of total population, 244 were engaged in work activities. 91.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 244 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.