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Nyigam Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Nyigam is a medium size village located in Basar Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 135 families residing. The Nyigam village has population of 856 of which 411 are males while 445 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nyigam village population of children with age 0-6 is 92 which makes up 10.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nyigam village is 1083 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Nyigam as per census is 1140, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Nyigam village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nyigam village was 68.59 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Nyigam Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 62.63 %.

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

Nyigam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 135 - -
Population 856 411 445
Child (0-6) 92 43 49
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 824 391 433
Literacy 68.59 % 75.00 % 62.63 %
Total Workers 423 210 213
Main Worker 405 - -
Marginal Worker 18 14 4

Caste Factor

In Nyigam village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.26 % of total population in Nyigam village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nyigam village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Nyigam village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 95.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.