Sharfkot is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 174 families residing. The Sharfkot village has population of 953 of which 522 are males while 431 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Sharfkot village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 11.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sharfkot village is 826 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sharfkot as per census is 647, lower than Punjab average of 846.
Sharfkot village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sharfkot village was 72.41 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sharfkot Male literacy stands at 80.62 % while female literacy rate was 62.79 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Sharfkot 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 Sharfkot village.
Sharfkot Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
174 |
- |
- |
| Population |
953 |
522 |
431 |
| Child (0-6) |
112 |
68 |
44 |
| Schedule Caste |
271 |
151 |
120 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
72.41 % |
80.62 % |
62.79 % |
| Total Workers |
304 |
282 |
22 |
| Main Worker |
296 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
8 |
3 |
5 |
Caste Factor
Sharfkot village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste.
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.44 % of total population in Sharfkot village.
The village Sharfkot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Sharfkot village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 97.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 116 were Agricultural labourer.