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Hovukhu Population - Dimapur, Nagaland

Hovukhu is a medium size village located in Niuland Circle of Dimapur district, Nagaland with total 122 families residing. The Hovukhu village has population of 574 of which 283 are males while 291 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hovukhu village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 19.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hovukhu village is 1028 which is higher than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Hovukhu as per census is 881, lower than Nagaland average of 943.

Hovukhu village has lower literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Hovukhu village was 73.87 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Hovukhu Male literacy stands at 79.91 % while female literacy rate was 68.20 %.

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

Hovukhu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 574 283 291
Child (0-6) 111 59 52
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 427 206 221
Literacy 73.87 % 79.91 % 68.20 %
Total Workers 263 130 133
Main Worker 261 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Hovukhu village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 74.39 % of total population in Hovukhu village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Hovukhu village of Dimapur.

Work Profile

In Hovukhu village out of total population, 263 were engaged in work activities. 99.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 263 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 174 were Agricultural labourer.