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Nijkashba Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Nijkashba is a large village located in Khejuri - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 497 families residing. The Nijkashba village has population of 2435 of which 1227 are males while 1208 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nijkashba village population of children with age 0-6 is 305 which makes up 12.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nijkashba village is 985 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Nijkashba as per census is 743, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Nijkashba village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Nijkashba village was 78.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Nijkashba Male literacy stands at 84.32 % while female literacy rate was 73.01 %.

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

Nijkashba Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 497 - -
Population 2,435 1,227 1,208
Child (0-6) 305 175 130
Schedule Caste 344 178 166
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.59 % 84.32 % 73.01 %
Total Workers 797 659 138
Main Worker 611 - -
Marginal Worker 186 142 44

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.13 % of total population in Nijkashba village. The village Nijkashba currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nijkashba village out of total population, 797 were engaged in work activities. 76.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 797 workers engaged in Main Work, 111 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 205 were Agricultural labourer.