Sherpur Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 170 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 803 of which 419 are males while 384 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 8.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 916 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 625, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 87.80 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 92.88 % while female literacy rate was 82.45 %.

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	170	-	-
Population	803	419	384
Child (0-6)	65	40	25
Schedule Caste	371	203	168
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.80 %	92.88 %	82.45 %
Total Workers	212	191	21
Main Worker	198	-	-
Marginal Worker	14	12	2

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.20 % 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, 212 were engaged in work activities. 93.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 212 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.