Shankar Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Shankar is a large village located in Ludhiana East Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 538 families residing. The Shankar village has population of 2766 of which 1449 are males while 1317 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shankar village population of children with age 0-6 is 297 which makes up 10.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shankar village is 909 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shankar as per census is 967, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Shankar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shankar village was 81.09 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shankar Male literacy stands at 86.59 % while female literacy rate was 74.98 %.

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

Shankar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	538	-	-
Population	2,766	1,449	1,317
Child (0-6)	297	151	146
Schedule Caste	1,255	656	599
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.09 %	86.59 %	74.98 %
Total Workers	886	755	131
Main Worker	795	-	-
Marginal Worker	91	42	49

Caste Factor

In Shankar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.37 % of total population in Shankar village. The village Shankar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shankar village out of total population, 886 were engaged in work activities. 89.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 886 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.