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Sherpur Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Sherpur is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 101 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 443 of which 229 are males while 214 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 9.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 934 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 538, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 81.39 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 87.68 % while female literacy rate was 75.00 %.

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 101 - -
Population 443 229 214
Child (0-6) 40 26 14
Schedule Caste 194 101 93
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.39 % 87.68 % 75.00 %
Total Workers 208 144 64
Main Worker 139 - -
Marginal Worker 69 26 43

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.79 % 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, 208 were engaged in work activities. 66.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 57 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.