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Shekhupur Population - Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab

Shekhupur is a medium size village located in Fatehgarh Sahib Tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab with total 101 families residing. The Shekhupur village has population of 512 of which 266 are males while 246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhupur village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 10.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhupur village is 925 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhupur as per census is 964, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shekhupur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhupur village was 76.15 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shekhupur Male literacy stands at 81.93 % while female literacy rate was 69.86 %.

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

Shekhupur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 101 - -
Population 512 266 246
Child (0-6) 55 28 27
Schedule Caste 222 119 103
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.15 % 81.93 % 69.86 %
Total Workers 188 162 26
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 26 7 19

Caste Factor

In Shekhupur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.36 % of total population in Shekhupur village. The village Shekhupur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhupur village out of total population, 188 were engaged in work activities. 86.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 188 workers engaged in Main Work, 48 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.