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Nijjarpura Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Nijjarpura is a medium size village located in Amritsar -I Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 262 families residing. The Nijjarpura village has population of 1296 of which 706 are males while 590 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijjarpura village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 12.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijjarpura village is 836 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijjarpura as per census is 942, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Nijjarpura village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijjarpura village was 67.23 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Nijjarpura Male literacy stands at 72.26 % while female literacy rate was 61.10 %.

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

Nijjarpura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 262 - -
Population 1,296 706 590
Child (0-6) 167 86 81
Schedule Caste 656 349 307
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.23 % 72.26 % 61.10 %
Total Workers 464 402 62
Main Worker 317 - -
Marginal Worker 147 119 28

Caste Factor

In Nijjarpura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.62 % of total population in Nijjarpura village. The village Nijjarpura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nijjarpura village out of total population, 464 were engaged in work activities. 68.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 464 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.