# Sharfkot Village, Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur (Punjab) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/dera-baba-nanak/sharfkot/ Village · Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur # Sharfkot Sharfkot is a village in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **143602**. The 2011 Census counted **953 people in 174 households**, the 48th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%. - 953people (2011) - 174households - 72.4%literacy - 143602PIN code ## Sharfkot PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Sharfkot is 143602.** Sharfkot falls in Dera Baba Nanak sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab. - PIN code143602 - Gram panchayatShaifkot - Community development blockFatehgarh Churian - Census village code028955 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Sharfkot from nearby towns? - Dera Baba Nanak (sub-district HQ)12 km by road - Gurdaspur (district HQ)52 km by road - Ramdas (nearest town)12 km by road Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What facilities are there in Sharfkot? 9 services counted by the Census are inside Sharfkot; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn village - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Hardowal - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Fatehgarh Churian - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Batala - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensaryunder 5 km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes - Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 h winter Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Sharfkot known for? The main crops are **wheat**. About 90% of the 169 hectares of village land is sown, and 152 hectares are irrigated. Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Homes and amenities in Sharfkot Of every 100 households in Sharfkot in 2011, 100 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 33 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 45 a two-wheeler and 4 a car. ■ Sharfkot · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average Electricity for lighting ****100%** **94% Toilet within the home ****63%** **59% No toilet (open defecation) ****37%** **40% Tap water ****1%** **10% Drinking water within premises ****99%** **96% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****33%** **40% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%** **58% Use banking services ****64%** **57% Television ****87%** **84% Mobile phone ****78%** **73% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****45%** **46% Car / jeep / van ****4%** **6% None of these assets ****6%** **5% Own their home ****99%** **98% Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## What is the population of Sharfkot? ■ Sharfkot · ■ Dera Baba Nanak rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%** **72.6% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****826** **898 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****647** **804 Working population ****31.9%** **34.4% ### Women and men Literacy is 80.6% for men and 62.8% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 100 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (38%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 79 (26%) · **■** Marginal 8 (3%) Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## Other villages of similar size in Dera Baba Nanak - Dharamabad998 people - Kathiala991 people - Malewal990 people - Basant Kot963 people - Fattupur946 people - Kotha935 people - Khushalpur927 people - Dhilwan911 people [All 122 villages in Dera Baba Nanak](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/dera-baba-nanak/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Sharfkot?143602 - How far is Sharfkot from Gurdaspur?52 km by road - What is the population of Sharfkot?953 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sharfkot in?Gurdaspur district (Dera Baba Nanak sub-district), Punjab - What is the literacy rate of Sharfkot?72.4% (Census 2011)