Sham Nagar Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Sham Nagar is a large village located in Amritsar -I Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 455 families residing. The Sham Nagar village has population of 2356 of which 1254 are males while 1102 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sham Nagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 260 which makes up 11.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sham Nagar village is 879 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sham Nagar as per census is 745, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sham Nagar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sham Nagar village was 72.28 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sham Nagar Male literacy stands at 77.19 % while female literacy rate was 66.80 %.

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

Sham Nagar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	455	-	-
Population	2,356	1,254	1,102
Child (0-6)	260	149	111
Schedule Caste	1,503	795	708
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.28 %	77.19 %	66.80 %
Total Workers	777	635	142
Main Worker	675	-	-
Marginal Worker	102	72	30

Caste Factor

In Sham Nagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.79 % of total population in Sham Nagar village. The village Sham Nagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sham Nagar village out of total population, 777 were engaged in work activities. 86.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 777 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.