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Nihama Population - Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir

Nihama is a medium size village located in Damhal Hanjipora Tehsil of Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 198 families residing. The Nihama village has population of 1254 of which 686 are males while 568 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nihama village population of children with age 0-6 is 263 which makes up 20.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nihama village is 828 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nihama as per census is 634, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nihama village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nihama village was 58.02 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nihama Male literacy stands at 68.19 % while female literacy rate was 46.57 %.

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

Nihama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 198 - -
Population 1,254 686 568
Child (0-6) 263 161 102
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.02 % 68.19 % 46.57 %
Total Workers 378 313 65
Main Worker 301 - -
Marginal Worker 77 27 50

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Nihama village of Kulgam district.

Work Profile

In Nihama village out of total population, 378 were engaged in work activities. 79.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 378 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.