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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hardo Sheikh
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.1266847|N|75.5466502|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric


| elevation_m = 240
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 1095<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32253|title=Village Population per Census India|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 558/537 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144039
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 01821
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-PB]]

| blank1_name_sec2 = Post Office
| blank1_info_sec2 = Nurmahal
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Hardo Sheikh''' is a village in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 6 km away from postal head office [[Nurmahal]], 8.7 km from [[Nakodar]], 28 km from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and 137 km from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village as per [[Panchayati raj (India)]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.onefivenine.com/india/villages/Jalandhar/Nurmahal/Hardo-Sheikh | title=About the village | work=onefivenoine.com}}</ref>

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, [[Co-education|co-ed]] [[primary school]] (PRI Hardo Sheikh). The school provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]] and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1948.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.icbse.com/schools/pri-hardo-sheikh/03040903701 | title=Details Of School | work=ICBSE}}</ref>

== Demography ==
According to the report [[published]] by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]] , Hardo Sheikh has a total number of 212 houses and population of 1095 of which include 558 males and 537 females. [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] rate of Hardo Sheikh is 79.84%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 104 which is 9.50% of total population of Hardo Sheikh, and child sex ratio is approximately 1419 higher than state average of 846.

Most of the people are from [[Schedule Caste]] which constitutes 76.89% of total population in Hardo Sheikh. The town does not have any [[Schedule Tribes|Schedule Tribe]] population so far.

As per census 2011, 468 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Hardo Sheikh which includes 330 males and 138 females. According to census survey report 2011, 65.60% workers describe their work as main work and 34.40% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==
Nurmahal railway station is the nearest [[train station]] however, [[Phillaur]] Junction [[train station]] is 27 km away from the village. The village is 54.4 km away from [[domestic airport]] in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest [[international airport]] is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is 125 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== References ==
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{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]

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