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Shahbad Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Shahbad is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 303 families residing. The Shahbad village has population of 1556 of which 824 are males while 732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahbad village population of children with age 0-6 is 194 which makes up 12.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahbad village is 888 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahbad as per census is 865, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shahbad village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahbad village was 72.47 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shahbad Male literacy stands at 78.47 % while female literacy rate was 65.73 %.

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

Shahbad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 303 - -
Population 1,556 824 732
Child (0-6) 194 104 90
Schedule Caste 573 305 268
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.47 % 78.47 % 65.73 %
Total Workers 719 453 266
Main Worker 682 - -
Marginal Worker 37 18 19

Caste Factor

In Shahbad village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.83 % of total population in Shahbad village. The village Shahbad currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shahbad village out of total population, 719 were engaged in work activities. 94.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 719 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.