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Nichhama Population - Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh

Nichhama is a medium size village located in Shajapur Tehsil of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh with total 373 families residing. The Nichhama village has population of 1772 of which 919 are males while 853 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nichhama village population of children with age 0-6 is 285 which makes up 16.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nichhama village is 928 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Nichhama as per census is 1159, higher than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Nichhama village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nichhama village was 62.27 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Nichhama Male literacy stands at 75.86 % while female literacy rate was 47.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nichhama 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 Nichhama village.

Nichhama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 373 - -
Population 1,772 919 853
Child (0-6) 285 132 153
Schedule Caste 738 373 365
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.27 % 75.86 % 47.00 %
Total Workers 821 533 288
Main Worker 809 - -
Marginal Worker 12 8 4

Caste Factor

In Nichhama village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.65 % of total population in Nichhama village. The village Nichhama currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nichhama village out of total population, 821 were engaged in work activities. 98.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 821 workers engaged in Main Work, 370 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 400 were Agricultural labourer.