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Sheikhowali Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sheikhowali is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 42 families residing. The Sheikhowali village has population of 215 of which 111 are males while 104 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhowali village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 7.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhowali village is 937 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhowali as per census is 889, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhowali village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhowali village was 74.75 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhowali Male literacy stands at 78.43 % while female literacy rate was 70.83 %.

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

Sheikhowali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 42 - -
Population 215 111 104
Child (0-6) 17 9 8
Schedule Caste 73 36 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.75 % 78.43 % 70.83 %
Total Workers 58 51 7
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

Sheikhowali village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.95 % of total population in Sheikhowali village. The village Sheikhowali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhowali village out of total population, 58 were engaged in work activities. 87.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.