Shergarh Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Shergarh is a large village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 536 families residing. The Shergarh village has population of 2639 of which 1361 are males while 1278 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shergarh village population of children with age 0-6 is 248 which makes up 9.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shergarh village is 939 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shergarh as per census is 1016, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shergarh village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shergarh village was 86.57 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shergarh Male literacy stands at 91.11 % while female literacy rate was 81.70 %.

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

Shergarh Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	536	-	-
Population	2,639	1,361	1,278
Child (0-6)	248	123	125
Schedule Caste	1,519	770	749
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.57 %	91.11 %	81.70 %
Total Workers	1,047	792	255
Main Worker	853	-	-
Marginal Worker	194	122	72

Caste Factor

In Shergarh village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.56 % of total population in Shergarh village. The village Shergarh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shergarh village out of total population, 1047 were engaged in work activities. 81.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1047 workers engaged in Main Work, 225 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 277 were Agricultural labourer.