Sherpur Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Sherpur is a small village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 20 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 130 of which 70 are males while 60 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 12.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 857 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 600, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 24.56 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 31.67 % while female literacy rate was 16.67 %.

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

Sherpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	20	-	-
Population	130	70	60
Child (0-6)	16	10	6
Schedule Caste	95	51	44
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	24.56 %	31.67 %	16.67 %
Total Workers	61	34	27
Main Worker	18	-	-
Marginal Worker	43	19	24

Caste Factor

In Sherpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 73.08 % of total population in Sherpur village. The village Sherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sherpur village out of total population, 61 were engaged in work activities. 29.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 61 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.