Sheikhpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sheikhpur is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 333 families residing. The Sheikhpur village has population of 1716 of which 897 are males while 819 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 211 which makes up 12.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhpur village is 913 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhpur as per census is 867, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhpur village was 73.42 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhpur Male literacy stands at 78.70 % while female literacy rate was 67.68 %.

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

Sheikhpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	333	-	-
Population	1,716	897	819
Child (0-6)	211	113	98
Schedule Caste	862	454	408
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.42 %	78.70 %	67.68 %
Total Workers	608	472	136
Main Worker	575	-	-
Marginal Worker	33	7	26

Caste Factor

In Sheikhpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.23 % of total population in Sheikhpur village. The village Sheikhpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhpur village out of total population, 608 were engaged in work activities. 94.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 608 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.