Paragpur Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Paragpur is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 114 families residing. The Paragpur village has population of 574 of which 283 are males while 291 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paragpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 67 which makes up 11.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paragpur village is 1028 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Paragpur as per census is 1233, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Paragpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Paragpur village was 80.28 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Paragpur Male literacy stands at 84.58 % while female literacy rate was 75.98 %.

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

Paragpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	114	-	-
Population	574	283	291
Child (0-6)	67	30	37
Schedule Caste	441	213	228
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.28 %	84.58 %	75.98 %
Total Workers	161	151	10
Main Worker	128	-	-
Marginal Worker	33	30	3

Caste Factor

In Paragpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 76.83 % of total population in Paragpur village. The village Paragpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paragpur village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 79.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.