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Sham Sherpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sham Sherpur is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 477 families residing. The Sham Sherpur village has population of 2558 of which 1325 are males while 1233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sham Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 324 which makes up 12.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sham Sherpur village is 931 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sham Sherpur as per census is 862, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sham Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sham Sherpur village was 69.70 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sham Sherpur Male literacy stands at 72.98 % while female literacy rate was 66.20 %.

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

Sham Sherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 477 - -
Population 2,558 1,325 1,233
Child (0-6) 324 174 150
Schedule Caste 1,553 798 755
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.70 % 72.98 % 66.20 %
Total Workers 810 677 133
Main Worker 757 - -
Marginal Worker 53 32 21

Caste Factor

In Sham Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.71 % of total population in Sham Sherpur village. The village Sham Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sham Sherpur village out of total population, 810 were engaged in work activities. 93.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 810 workers engaged in Main Work, 80 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 261 were Agricultural labourer.