Sharif Chak Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sharif Chak is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 224 families residing. The Sharif Chak village has population of 1178 of which 618 are males while 560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sharif Chak village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 10.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sharif Chak village is 906 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sharif Chak as per census is 844, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sharif Chak village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sharif Chak village was 77.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sharif Chak Male literacy stands at 83.75 % while female literacy rate was 70.55 %.

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

Sharif Chak Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	224	-	-
Population	1,178	618	560
Child (0-6)	118	64	54
Schedule Caste	514	267	247
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.45 %	83.75 %	70.55 %
Total Workers	294	272	22
Main Worker	141	-	-
Marginal Worker	153	145	8

Caste Factor

In Sharif Chak village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.63 % of total population in Sharif Chak village. The village Sharif Chak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sharif Chak village out of total population, 294 were engaged in work activities. 47.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 294 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.