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Nikhral Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Nikhral is a large village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 614 families residing. The Nikhral village has population of 2448 of which 1277 are males while 1171 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nikhral village population of children with age 0-6 is 315 which makes up 12.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nikhral village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nikhral as per census is 886, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nikhral village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nikhral village was 55.32 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nikhral Male literacy stands at 59.64 % while female literacy rate was 50.64 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nikhral village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Nikhral village.

Nikhral Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 614 - -
Population 2,448 1,277 1,171
Child (0-6) 315 167 148
Schedule Caste 220 120 100
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.32 % 59.64 % 50.64 %
Total Workers 925 717 208
Main Worker 698 - -
Marginal Worker 227 87 140

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.99 % of total population in Nikhral village. The village Nikhral currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nikhral village out of total population, 925 were engaged in work activities. 75.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 925 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 484 were Agricultural labourer.