Overview
Sham Chaurasi is a Municipal Council city in district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Sham Chaurasi city is divided into 9 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Sham Chaurasi Municipal Council has population of 4,426 of which 2,341 are males while 2,085 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 469 which is 10.60 % of total population of Sham Chaurasi (M Cl). In Sham Chaurasi Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 891 against state average of 895. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Sham Chaurasi is around 914 compared to Punjab state average of 846. Literacy rate of Sham Chaurasi city is 80.14 % higher than state average of 75.84 %. In Sham Chaurasi, Male literacy is around 84.64 % while female literacy rate is 75.07 %.
Sham Chaurasi Municipal Council has total administration over 954 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Sham Chaurasi Caste Factor
In Sham Chaurasi (M Cl), most of the (M Cl)rs are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.26 % of total population in Sham Chaurasi (M Cl).
The (M Cl) Sham Chaurasi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Sham Chaurasi Work Profile
Out of total population, 1,471 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 1,309 were males while 162 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 1471 working population, 93.68 % were engaged in Main Work while 6.32 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Sham Chaurasi 2021 Population
The next census for Sham Chaurasi Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2021 are estimates only.