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Shampura Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Shampura is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 320 families residing. The Shampura village has population of 1582 of which 828 are males while 754 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shampura village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 10.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shampura village is 911 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shampura as per census is 966, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shampura village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shampura village was 76.72 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shampura Male literacy stands at 81.08 % while female literacy rate was 71.90 %.

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

Shampura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 320 - -
Population 1,582 828 754
Child (0-6) 173 88 85
Schedule Caste 544 279 265
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.72 % 81.08 % 71.90 %
Total Workers 480 430 50
Main Worker 441 - -
Marginal Worker 39 28 11

Caste Factor

Shampura village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.39 % of total population in Shampura village. The village Shampura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shampura village out of total population, 480 were engaged in work activities. 91.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 480 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.