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Nilaj Population - Chandrapur, Maharashtra

Nilaj is a medium size village located in Brahmapuri Taluka of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra with total 352 families residing. The Nilaj village has population of 1557 of which 801 are males while 756 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nilaj village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 10.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nilaj village is 944 which is higher than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Nilaj as per census is 755, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Nilaj village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Nilaj village was 74.35 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Nilaj Male literacy stands at 83.03 % while female literacy rate was 65.40 %.

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 352 - -
Population 1,557 801 756
Child (0-6) 165 94 71
Schedule Caste 162 79 83
Schedule Tribe 22 12 10
Literacy 74.35 % 83.03 % 65.40 %
Total Workers 938 502 436
Main Worker 344 - -
Marginal Worker 594 299 295

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.40 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.41 % of total population in Nilaj village.

Work Profile

In Nilaj village out of total population, 938 were engaged in work activities. 36.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 938 workers engaged in Main Work, 186 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 97 were Agricultural labourer.