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Sherpur Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - I Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 258 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 1273 of which 644 are males while 629 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 10.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 977 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 1127, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 77.88 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 81.76 % while female literacy rate was 73.84 %.

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

Sherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,273 644 629
Child (0-6) 134 63 71
Schedule Caste 1,046 537 509
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.88 % 81.76 % 73.84 %
Total Workers 412 369 43
Main Worker 349 - -
Marginal Worker 63 48 15

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.17 % of total population in Sherpur village. The village Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 412 were engaged in work activities. 84.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 412 workers engaged in Main Work, 35 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.