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Nikian Population - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Nikian is a medium size village located in Akhnoor Tehsil of Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 115 families residing. The Nikian village has population of 441 of which 223 are males while 218 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nikian village population of children with age 0-6 is 64 which makes up 14.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nikian village is 978 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nikian as per census is 1065, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nikian village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nikian village was 83.02 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nikian Male literacy stands at 90.10 % while female literacy rate was 75.68 %.

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

Nikian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 441 223 218
Child (0-6) 64 31 33
Schedule Caste 70 39 31
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.02 % 90.10 % 75.68 %
Total Workers 112 105 7
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 81 80 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.87 % of total population in Nikian village. The village Nikian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nikian village out of total population, 112 were engaged in work activities. 27.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 112 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.