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Shamsherpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Shamsherpur is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 89 families residing. The Shamsherpur village has population of 384 of which 192 are males while 192 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamsherpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 13.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamsherpur village is 1000 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamsherpur as per census is 1040, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shamsherpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamsherpur village was 79.88 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shamsherpur Male literacy stands at 84.43 % while female literacy rate was 75.30 %.

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

Shamsherpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 89 - -
Population 384 192 192
Child (0-6) 51 25 26
Schedule Caste 43 22 21
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.88 % 84.43 % 75.30 %
Total Workers 109 98 11
Main Worker 85 - -
Marginal Worker 24 16 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.20 % of total population in Shamsherpur village. The village Shamsherpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shamsherpur village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 77.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.