Shankar, Punjab

Shankar is a village in the Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.^[1][2][3]

Shankar Shankar
Village
Shankar Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Shankar Shankar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 31.1467669°N 75.520749°E / 31.1467669; 75.520749
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Founded by	not known
Talukas	Nakodar
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
• Regional	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144042
Telephone code	01821
Nearest city	Nakodar

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Shankar village had 1,186 households and a total population of 5,639, of which 2,900 were male and 2,739 were female.^[3] Children aged 0–6 numbered 538 (9.54 % of the total population), with a child sex ratio of 842 girls per 1,000 boys, lower than the Punjab state average of 846.

The overall sex ratio of Shankar was 944 females per 1,000 males, higher than the state average of 895.^[3] The village’s literacy rate stood at 83.00 %, exceeding the Punjab average of 75.84 %; male literacy was 87.27 %, while female literacy was 78.54 %.^[3]

Notable persons

• Swaran Singh is India's longest-serving union cabinet minister.