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Sherpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 109 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 540 of which 291 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 10.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 856 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 543, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 89.30 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 91.41 % while female literacy rate was 86.96 %.

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 109 - -
Population 540 291 249
Child (0-6) 54 35 19
Schedule Caste 83 46 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.30 % 91.41 % 86.96 %
Total Workers 161 130 31
Main Worker 143 - -
Marginal Worker 18 17 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.37 % 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, 161 were engaged in work activities. 88.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.