Shergarhਸ਼ੇਰਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Shergarh?

Shergarh is a village of Hoshiarpur tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Hoshiarpur-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031507, and it covers 462 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,639 people in Shergarh: 1,361 men and 1,278 women, living in 536 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 462 hectares, the population density works out to about 571 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 939 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 248, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,519 people, about 58 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 86.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.11 per cent and women at 81.7 per cent. The census recorded 1,047 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 853 main workers, the largest group, 329, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 277 agricultural labourers and 225 cultivators on their own land. A further 194 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shergarh's land. Of the village's 462 hectares, 292 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (292 hectares). About 56 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 15 hours a day. The census recorded 244 cultivators and 294 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Shergarh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Hoshiarpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chhauni Kalan, Buthgarh, Amowal and Chagran.

What is the population of Shergarh?

The population of Shergarh was 2,639 at the 2011 census, living in 536 households in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Shergarh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Shergarh has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.