Shakarpur Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Shakarpur is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 122 families residing. The Shakarpur village has population of 602 of which 303 are males while 299 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shakarpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 87 which makes up 14.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shakarpur village is 987 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shakarpur as per census is 1071, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shakarpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shakarpur village was 81.17 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shakarpur Male literacy stands at 86.97 % while female literacy rate was 75.20 %.

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

Shakarpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	122	-	-
Population	602	303	299
Child (0-6)	87	42	45
Schedule Caste	491	245	246
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.17 %	86.97 %	75.20 %
Total Workers	194	170	24
Main Worker	192	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	2	0

Caste Factor

In Shakarpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 81.56 % of total population in Shakarpur village. The village Shakarpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shakarpur village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 98.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.