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Shankarpura Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Shankarpura is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 284 families residing. The Shankarpura village has population of 1524 of which 785 are males while 739 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankarpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 12.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankarpura village is 941 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankarpura as per census is 785, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Shankarpura village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankarpura village was 79.52 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shankarpura Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 75.57 %.

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

Shankarpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,524 785 739
Child (0-6) 191 107 84
Schedule Caste 630 327 303
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.52 % 83.33 % 75.57 %
Total Workers 469 410 59
Main Worker 157 - -
Marginal Worker 312 283 29

Caste Factor

In Shankarpura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.34 % of total population in Shankarpura village. The village Shankarpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankarpura village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 33.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 66.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.