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Nilaj Population - Bhandara, Maharashtra

Nilaj is a medium size village located in Sakoli Taluka of Bhandara district, Maharashtra with total 365 families residing. The Nilaj village has population of 1566 of which 809 are males while 757 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 11.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilaj village is 936 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilaj as per census is 821, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Nilaj village has higher literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilaj village was 83.85 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Nilaj Male literacy stands at 95.38 % while female literacy rate was 71.72 %.

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

Nilaj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 365 - -
Population 1,566 809 757
Child (0-6) 173 95 78
Schedule Caste 299 157 142
Schedule Tribe 5 2 3
Literacy 83.85 % 95.38 % 71.72 %
Total Workers 873 469 404
Main Worker 703 - -
Marginal Worker 170 57 113

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.32 % of total population in Nilaj village.

Work Profile

In Nilaj village out of total population, 873 were engaged in work activities. 80.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 873 workers engaged in Main Work, 169 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 459 were Agricultural labourer.