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Shahar Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Shahar is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 205 families residing. The Shahar village has population of 1069 of which 571 are males while 498 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahar village is 872 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahar as per census is 969, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahar village was 83.24 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shahar Male literacy stands at 89.35 % while female literacy rate was 76.15 %.

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

Shahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 1,069 571 498
Child (0-6) 126 64 62
Schedule Caste 639 344 295
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.24 % 89.35 % 76.15 %
Total Workers 326 309 17
Main Worker 279 - -
Marginal Worker 47 42 5

Caste Factor

In Shahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.78 % of total population in Shahar village. The village Shahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shahar village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 85.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.