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Salhopur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Salhopur is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 352 families residing. The Salhopur village has population of 1799 of which 893 are males while 906 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salhopur village population of children with age 0-6 is 193 which makes up 10.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salhopur village is 1015 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Salhopur as per census is 892, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Salhopur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Salhopur village was 78.83 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Salhopur Male literacy stands at 85.08 % while female literacy rate was 72.76 %.

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

Salhopur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 352 - -
Population 1,799 893 906
Child (0-6) 193 102 91
Schedule Caste 115 58 57
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.83 % 85.08 % 72.76 %
Total Workers 524 417 107
Main Worker 431 - -
Marginal Worker 93 55 38

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.39 % of total population in Salhopur village. The village Salhopur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salhopur village out of total population, 524 were engaged in work activities. 82.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 524 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.