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Sherpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 212 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1094 of which 572 are males while 522 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 10.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 913 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 875, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 81.72 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 88.98 % while female literacy rate was 73.82 %.

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

Sherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 1,094 572 522
Child (0-6) 120 64 56
Schedule Caste 483 243 240
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.72 % 88.98 % 73.82 %
Total Workers 341 282 59
Main Worker 311 - -
Marginal Worker 30 23 7

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.15 % of total population in Sherpur village. The village Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 341 were engaged in work activities. 91.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 341 workers engaged in Main Work, 28 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.