Sham Sherpurਸ਼ਮ ਸ਼ੇਰਪੁਰ

Where is Sham Sherpur?

Sham Sherpur is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fatehgarh Churian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028820, and it covers 136 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,558 people in Sham Sherpur: 1,325 men and 1,233 women, living in 477 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 136 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,881 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 931 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 324, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,553 people, about 61 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.7 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.98 per cent and women at 66.2 per cent. The census recorded 810 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 757 main workers, the largest group, 401, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 261 agricultural labourers and 80 cultivators on their own land. A further 53 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sham Sherpur's land. Of the village's 136 hectares, 114 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (33 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (43 hectares). About 22 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 87 cultivators and 267 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sham Sherpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chataurgarh, Dadu Jodh, Thatha and Badowal Kalan.

What is the population of Sham Sherpur?

The population of Sham Sherpur was 2,558 at the 2011 census, living in 477 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Sham Sherpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sham Sherpur has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.