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Sheikhupur Population - Kapurthala, Punjab

Sheikhupur is a medium size village located in Kapurthala Tehsil of Kapurthala district, Punjab with total 331 families residing. The Sheikhupur village has population of 1678 of which 862 are males while 816 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhupur village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhupur village is 947 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhupur as per census is 923, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhupur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhupur village was 72.32 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhupur Male literacy stands at 78.86 % while female literacy rate was 65.44 %.

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

Sheikhupur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 331 - -
Population 1,678 862 816
Child (0-6) 175 91 84
Schedule Caste 826 429 397
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.32 % 78.86 % 65.44 %
Total Workers 452 339 113
Main Worker 436 - -
Marginal Worker 16 9 7

Caste Factor

In Sheikhupur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.23 % of total population in Sheikhupur village. The village Sheikhupur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhupur village out of total population, 452 were engaged in work activities. 96.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 452 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 146 were Agricultural labourer.