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Sahlon Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Sahlon is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 450 families residing. The Sahlon village has population of 1905 of which 954 are males while 951 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahlon village population of children with age 0-6 is 182 which makes up 9.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahlon village is 997 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahlon as per census is 896, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sahlon village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahlon village was 85.78 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sahlon Male literacy stands at 91.61 % while female literacy rate was 80.00 %.

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

Sahlon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 450 - -
Population 1,905 954 951
Child (0-6) 182 96 86
Schedule Caste 1,114 561 553
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.78 % 91.61 % 80.00 %
Total Workers 438 375 63
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 76 48 28

Caste Factor

In Sahlon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.48 % of total population in Sahlon village. The village Sahlon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahlon village out of total population, 438 were engaged in work activities. 82.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 438 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.