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Nihama Population - Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir

Nihama is a medium size village located in Handwara Tehsil of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 69 families residing. The Nihama village has population of 438 of which 222 are males while 216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nihama village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 17.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nihama village is 973 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nihama as per census is 583, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nihama village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nihama village was 70.17 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nihama Male literacy stands at 83.91 % while female literacy rate was 57.45 %.

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

Nihama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 69 - -
Population 438 222 216
Child (0-6) 76 48 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.17 % 83.91 % 57.45 %
Total Workers 181 83 98
Main Worker 73 - -
Marginal Worker 108 11 97

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Nihama village of Kupwara district.

Work Profile

In Nihama village out of total population, 181 were engaged in work activities. 40.33 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.67 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 181 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.