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Sherpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 90 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 467 of which 234 are males while 233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 32 which makes up 6.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 996 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1133, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 82.07 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 88.13 % while female literacy rate was 75.93 %.

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 90 - -
Population 467 234 233
Child (0-6) 32 15 17
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.07 % 88.13 % 75.93 %
Total Workers 151 137 14
Main Worker 109 - -
Marginal Worker 42 39 3

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Sherpur village of Gurdaspur district.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 151 were engaged in work activities. 72.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 151 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.