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Sheikhupur Majiri Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sheikhupur Majiri is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 225 families residing. The Sheikhupur Majiri village has population of 1239 of which 646 are males while 593 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhupur Majiri village population of children with age 0-6 is 160 which makes up 12.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhupur Majiri village is 918 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhupur Majiri as per census is 975, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhupur Majiri village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhupur Majiri village was 78.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhupur Majiri Male literacy stands at 86.02 % while female literacy rate was 69.46 %.

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

Sheikhupur Majiri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,239 646 593
Child (0-6) 160 81 79
Schedule Caste 311 166 145
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.13 % 86.02 % 69.46 %
Total Workers 372 348 24
Main Worker 355 - -
Marginal Worker 17 12 5

Caste Factor

Sheikhupur Majiri village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.10 % of total population in Sheikhupur Majiri village. The village Sheikhupur Majiri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhupur Majiri village out of total population, 372 were engaged in work activities. 95.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 372 workers engaged in Main Work, 113 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 170 were Agricultural labourer.