Salahpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Salahpur is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 240 families residing. The Salahpur village has population of 1487 of which 776 are males while 711 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salahpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 10.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salahpur village is 916 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Salahpur as per census is 711, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Salahpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Salahpur village was 74.79 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Salahpur Male literacy stands at 79.59 % while female literacy rate was 69.71 %.

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

Salahpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	240	-	-
Population	1,487	776	711
Child (0-6)	154	90	64
Schedule Caste	526	279	247
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.79 %	79.59 %	69.71 %
Total Workers	434	398	36
Main Worker	407	-	-
Marginal Worker	27	22	5

Caste Factor

In Salahpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.37 % of total population in Salahpur village. The village Salahpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salahpur village out of total population, 434 were engaged in work activities. 93.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 434 workers engaged in Main Work, 221 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.