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Sherpur Population - Sangrur, Punjab

Sherpur is a large village located in Dhuri Tehsil of Sangrur district, Punjab with total 1395 families residing. The Sherpur village has population of 6983 of which 3705 are males while 3278 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 744 which makes up 10.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sherpur village is 885 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sherpur as per census is 884, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sherpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sherpur village was 74.40 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sherpur Male literacy stands at 79.73 % while female literacy rate was 68.39 %.

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 1,395 - -
Population 6,983 3,705 3,278
Child (0-6) 744 395 349
Schedule Caste 2,045 1,079 966
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.40 % 79.73 % 68.39 %
Total Workers 2,901 2,212 689
Main Worker 1,920 - -
Marginal Worker 981 609 372

Caste Factor

Sherpur village of Sangrur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.29 % 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, 2901 were engaged in work activities. 66.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2901 workers engaged in Main Work, 542 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.