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Sheikhupur Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Sheikhupur is a large village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 429 families residing. The Sheikhupur village has population of 2209 of which 1055 are males while 1154 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhupur village population of children with age 0-6 is 251 which makes up 11.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhupur village is 1094 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhupur as per census is 859, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhupur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhupur village was 78.19 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhupur Male literacy stands at 83.15 % while female literacy rate was 73.80 %.

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

Sheikhupur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 429 - -
Population 2,209 1,055 1,154
Child (0-6) 251 135 116
Schedule Caste 943 470 473
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.19 % 83.15 % 73.80 %
Total Workers 652 606 46
Main Worker 587 - -
Marginal Worker 65 55 10

Caste Factor

In Sheikhupur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.69 % of total population in Sheikhupur village. The village Sheikhupur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhupur village out of total population, 652 were engaged in work activities. 90.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 652 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.