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Sherpur Kalan Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Sherpur Kalan is a large village located in Jagraon Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 1077 families residing. The Sherpur Kalan village has population of 5471 of which 2869 are males while 2602 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 547 which makes up 10.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur Kalan village is 907 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur Kalan as per census is 873, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur Kalan village was 72.54 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Kalan Male literacy stands at 77.69 % while female literacy rate was 66.89 %.

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

Sherpur Kalan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,077 - -
Population 5,471 2,869 2,602
Child (0-6) 547 292 255
Schedule Caste 2,676 1,404 1,272
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.54 % 77.69 % 66.89 %
Total Workers 2,602 1,729 873
Main Worker 2,351 - -
Marginal Worker 251 109 142

Caste Factor

In Sherpur Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.91 % of total population in Sherpur Kalan village. The village Sherpur Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur Kalan village out of total population, 2602 were engaged in work activities. 90.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2602 workers engaged in Main Work, 545 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1032 were Agricultural labourer.