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Shahur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Shahur is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 266 families residing. The Shahur village has population of 1648 of which 861 are males while 787 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahur village population of children with age 0-6 is 176 which makes up 10.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahur village is 914 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahur as per census is 796, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Shahur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahur village was 75.27 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shahur Male literacy stands at 79.69 % while female literacy rate was 70.52 %.

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

Shahur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,648 861 787
Child (0-6) 176 98 78
Schedule Caste 117 60 57
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.27 % 79.69 % 70.52 %
Total Workers 545 495 50
Main Worker 507 - -
Marginal Worker 38 8 30

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.10 % of total population in Shahur village. The village Shahur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shahur village out of total population, 545 were engaged in work activities. 93.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 545 workers engaged in Main Work, 265 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.