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Nishana Population - The Dangs, Gujarat

Nishana is a medium size village located in The Dangs Taluka of The Dangs district, Gujarat with total 340 families residing. The Nishana village has population of 1627 of which 799 are males while 828 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nishana village population of children with age 0-6 is 277 which makes up 17.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nishana village is 1036 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Nishana as per census is 1067, higher than Gujarat average of 890.

Nishana village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Nishana village was 42.74 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Nishana Male literacy stands at 47.22 % while female literacy rate was 38.39 %.

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

Nishana Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 340 - -
Population 1,627 799 828
Child (0-6) 277 134 143
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,621 795 826
Literacy 42.74 % 47.22 % 38.39 %
Total Workers 956 471 485
Main Worker 607 - -
Marginal Worker 349 75 274

Caste Factor

In Nishana village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.63 % of total population in Nishana village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nishana village of The Dangs.

Work Profile

In Nishana village out of total population, 956 were engaged in work activities. 63.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 956 workers engaged in Main Work, 453 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.