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Sheikh Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Sheikh is a medium size village located in Tarn Taran Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 153 families residing. The Sheikh village has population of 858 of which 441 are males while 417 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikh village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikh village is 946 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikh as per census is 900, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikh village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikh village was 73.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikh Male literacy stands at 81.07 % while female literacy rate was 64.78 %.

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

Sheikh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 858 441 417
Child (0-6) 95 50 45
Schedule Caste 200 101 99
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.13 % 81.07 % 64.78 %
Total Workers 273 227 46
Main Worker 192 - -
Marginal Worker 81 57 24

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.31 % of total population in Sheikh village. The village Sheikh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikh village out of total population, 273 were engaged in work activities. 70.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 273 workers engaged in Main Work, 129 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.