Sheikhupur Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Sheikhupur is a medium size village located in Chamkaur Sahib Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 100 families residing. The Sheikhupur village has population of 540 of which 291 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sheikhupur village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 10.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sheikhupur village is 856 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sheikhupur as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sheikhupur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sheikhupur village was 96.91 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sheikhupur Male literacy stands at 98.11 % while female literacy rate was 95.50 %.

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

Sheikhupur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	100	-	-
Population	540	291	249
Child (0-6)	54	27	27
Schedule Caste	204	115	89
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	96.91 %	98.11 %	95.50 %
Total Workers	442	235	207
Main Worker	338	-	-
Marginal Worker	104	58	46

Caste Factor

In Sheikhupur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.78 % of total population in Sheikhupur village. The village Sheikhupur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sheikhupur village out of total population, 442 were engaged in work activities. 76.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 442 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.