Shiekhupura Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Shiekhupura is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 156 families residing. The Shiekhupura village has population of 858 of which 438 are males while 420 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shiekhupura village population of children with age 0-6 is 110 which makes up 12.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shiekhupura village is 959 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shiekhupura as per census is 964, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shiekhupura village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shiekhupura village was 77.81 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shiekhupura Male literacy stands at 83.77 % while female literacy rate was 71.58 %.

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

Shiekhupura Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	156	-	-
Population	858	438	420
Child (0-6)	110	56	54
Schedule Caste	244	127	117
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.81 %	83.77 %	71.58 %
Total Workers	256	239	17
Main Worker	185	-	-
Marginal Worker	71	70	1

Caste Factor

Shiekhupura village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.44 % of total population in Shiekhupura village. The village Shiekhupura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shiekhupura village out of total population, 256 were engaged in work activities. 72.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 256 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.