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Sherpur Pukhta Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Sherpur Pukhta is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 275 families residing. The Sherpur Pukhta village has population of 1221 of which 615 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur Pukhta village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 10.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur Pukhta village is 985 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur Pukhta as per census is 1193, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur Pukhta village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur Pukhta village was 90.24 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Pukhta Male literacy stands at 95.70 % while female literacy rate was 84.57 %.

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

Sherpur Pukhta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 275 - -
Population 1,221 615 606
Child (0-6) 125 57 68
Schedule Caste 463 241 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.24 % 95.70 % 84.57 %
Total Workers 399 328 71
Main Worker 386 - -
Marginal Worker 13 9 4

Caste Factor

In Sherpur Pukhta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.92 % of total population in Sherpur Pukhta village. The village Sherpur Pukhta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur Pukhta village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 96.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.