Shankar (21), Nakodar
Shankar (21) is a village located in the Nakodar Tehsil of Jalandhar district of Punjab. The village falls in Nakodar block and comes under Shanker Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Jalandhar parliament constituency and Nakodar assembly constituency.
As on November 2024, the current population of Shankar (21) is 6.3 thousands out of which 3.2 thousands are males and rest 3.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 944 females per 1000 males. There are around 538 teenagers in Shankar (21). It has literacy rate of 75% which means around 4.7 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.3 thousands households in Shankar (21), which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 2.1 thousands. The pincode of Shankar (21) is 144042 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Shankar Sub Post office
- Sharakpur Branch Post office
- Chak Mughlani Branch Post office
- Chak Kalan Branch Post office
Schools
Shankar (21) has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Govt. Senior Secondary School Chak Kalan
- Govt. Senior Secondary School Shanker (G)
- Govt. High School Shanker
- Surindra International Public Senior Secondary School, Shankar (Nakodar-02)
- Tagore Model School Shankar(Nakodar-02)
Banks
Shankar (21) has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.