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Sheikhupur Population - Patiala, Punjab

Sheikhupur is a medium size village located in Rajpura Tehsil of Patiala district, Punjab with total 170 families residing. The Sheikhupur village has population of 884 of which 468 are males while 416 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhupur village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 12.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhupur village is 889 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhupur as per census is 1176, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhupur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhupur village was 70.63 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhupur Male literacy stands at 77.22 % while female literacy rate was 62.92 %.

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 170 - -
Population 884 468 416
Child (0-6) 111 51 60
Schedule Caste 295 160 135
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.63 % 77.22 % 62.92 %
Total Workers 288 264 24
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 137 121 16

Caste Factor

Sheikhupur village of Patiala has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.37 % 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, 288 were engaged in work activities. 52.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 288 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.