Nikiwal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Nikiwal is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 87 families residing. The Nikiwal village has population of 402 of which 213 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nikiwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 38 which makes up 9.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nikiwal village is 887 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nikiwal as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Nikiwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nikiwal village was 88.46 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Nikiwal Male literacy stands at 89.18 % while female literacy rate was 87.65 %.

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

Nikiwal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	87	-	-
Population	402	213	189
Child (0-6)	38	19	19
Schedule Caste	144	76	68
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	88.46 %	89.18 %	87.65 %
Total Workers	155	135	20
Main Worker	55	-	-
Marginal Worker	100	85	15

Caste Factor

In Nikiwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.82 % of total population in Nikiwal village. The village Nikiwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nikiwal village out of total population, 155 were engaged in work activities. 35.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 155 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.