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Shamkot Population - Muktsar, Punjab

Shamkot is a large village located in Malout Tehsil of Muktsar district, Punjab with total 672 families residing. The Shamkot village has population of 3838 of which 2013 are males while 1825 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shamkot village population of children with age 0-6 is 469 which makes up 12.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shamkot village is 907 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shamkot as per census is 811, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Shamkot village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shamkot village was 63.25 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shamkot Male literacy stands at 70.13 % while female literacy rate was 55.79 %.

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

Shamkot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 672 - -
Population 3,838 2,013 1,825
Child (0-6) 469 259 210
Schedule Caste 1,817 946 871
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.25 % 70.13 % 55.79 %
Total Workers 1,540 1,213 327
Main Worker 1,199 - -
Marginal Worker 341 140 201

Caste Factor

In Shamkot village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.34 % of total population in Shamkot village. The village Shamkot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shamkot village out of total population, 1540 were engaged in work activities. 77.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1540 workers engaged in Main Work, 538 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 319 were Agricultural labourer.