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Nilwa Population - Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Nilwa is a large village located in Kulgam Tehsil of Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 485 families residing. The Nilwa village has population of 2619 of which 1294 are males while 1325 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 360 which makes up 13.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilwa village is 1024 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilwa as per census is 791, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nilwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilwa village was 59.23 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nilwa Male literacy stands at 69.72 % while female literacy rate was 49.40 %.

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

Nilwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 485 - -
Population 2,619 1,294 1,325
Child (0-6) 360 201 159
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 59.23 % 69.72 % 49.40 %
Total Workers 1,135 596 539
Main Worker 476 - -
Marginal Worker 659 151 508

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.04 % of total population in Nilwa village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Nilwa village of Kulgam.

Work Profile

In Nilwa village out of total population, 1135 were engaged in work activities. 41.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1135 workers engaged in Main Work, 205 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.