Shekhewal Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Shekhewal is a medium size village located in Shahkot Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 61 families residing. The Shekhewal village has population of 303 of which 162 are males while 141 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shekhewal village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 7.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shekhewal village is 870 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shekhewal as per census is 692, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Shekhewal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shekhewal village was 78.65 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shekhewal Male literacy stands at 86.58 % while female literacy rate was 69.70 %.

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

Shekhewal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	61	-	-
Population	303	162	141
Child (0-6)	22	13	9
Schedule Caste	125	64	61
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.65 %	86.58 %	69.70 %
Total Workers	111	88	23
Main Worker	97	-	-
Marginal Worker	14	5	9

Caste Factor

In Shekhewal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.25 % of total population in Shekhewal village. The village Shekhewal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shekhewal village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 87.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.