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Nihinagar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Nihinagar is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 102 families residing. The Nihinagar village has population of 437 of which 226 are males while 211 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nihinagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 13.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nihinagar village is 934 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nihinagar as per census is 966, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Nihinagar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nihinagar village was 55.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nihinagar Male literacy stands at 54.31 % while female literacy rate was 57.38 %.

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

Nihinagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 102 - -
Population 437 226 211
Child (0-6) 57 29 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 160 84 76
Literacy 55.79 % 54.31 % 57.38 %
Total Workers 259 137 122
Main Worker 258 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

In Nihinagar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.61 % of total population in Nihinagar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nihinagar village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Nihinagar village out of total population, 259 were engaged in work activities. 99.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 259 workers engaged in Main Work, 250 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.