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Nurpur Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Nurpur is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 186 families residing. The Nurpur village has population of 957 of which 513 are males while 444 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nurpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 12.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nurpur village is 865 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nurpur as per census is 917, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Nurpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nurpur village was 59.14 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Nurpur Male literacy stands at 62.69 % while female literacy rate was 55.01 %.

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

Nurpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 186 - -
Population 957 513 444
Child (0-6) 115 60 55
Schedule Caste 282 156 126
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 59.14 % 62.69 % 55.01 %
Total Workers 423 298 125
Main Worker 265 - -
Marginal Worker 158 57 101

Caste Factor

Nurpur village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.47 % of total population in Nurpur village. The village Nurpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nurpur village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 62.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.