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Nilkanth Population - Barwani, Madhya Pradesh

Nilkanth is a medium size village located in Rajpur Tehsil of Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh with total 117 families residing. The Nilkanth village has population of 634 of which 338 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilkanth village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 18.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilkanth village is 876 which is lower than Madhya Pradesh state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilkanth as per census is 769, lower than Madhya Pradesh average of 918.

Nilkanth village has lower literacy rate compared to Madhya Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilkanth village was 47.21 % compared to 69.32 % of Madhya Pradesh. In Nilkanth Male literacy stands at 58.61 % while female literacy rate was 34.55 %.

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

Nilkanth Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 634 338 296
Child (0-6) 115 65 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 627 335 292
Literacy 47.21 % 58.61 % 34.55 %
Total Workers 287 181 106
Main Worker 198 - -
Marginal Worker 89 2 87

Caste Factor

In Nilkanth village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.90 % of total population in Nilkanth village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nilkanth village of Barwani.

Work Profile

In Nilkanth village out of total population, 287 were engaged in work activities. 68.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 287 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.