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Sheikhwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sheikhwan is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 303 families residing. The Sheikhwan village has population of 1592 of which 841 are males while 751 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 10.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhwan village is 893 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhwan as per census is 882, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhwan village was 73.04 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhwan Male literacy stands at 79.28 % while female literacy rate was 66.07 %.

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

Sheikhwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 303 - -
Population 1,592 841 751
Child (0-6) 175 93 82
Schedule Caste 707 375 332
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.04 % 79.28 % 66.07 %
Total Workers 955 577 378
Main Worker 834 - -
Marginal Worker 121 56 65

Caste Factor

In Sheikhwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.41 % of total population in Sheikhwan village. The village Sheikhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhwan village out of total population, 955 were engaged in work activities. 87.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 955 workers engaged in Main Work, 222 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.